The evaluation of body composition is an important parameter that allows an estimate of the percentage of body fat and rep- resents a fundamental criterion in different areas, that represent important parameters both for us operators in the sector and for the athlete himself, as they allow us to verify the results produced by training programs combined or not with diet plans prepared by nutrition professionals. There is a multitude of methods and techniques for estimation of body composition: anthropometry, skinfold measurement, DXA, hydrostatic weighing, bioimpedance analisys, computer tomography (CT), magnetic resonance and ultrasound (US). The aim of this review is to provide a state of art of two techniques to evaluate body composition: portable ultrasound meas- uring technique by BodyMetrix TM BX2000 and the skinfold measuring technique
TECHNIQUE OF BODY COMPOSITION EVALUATION: METHODS COMPARISON
Liccardo A.;Guerra D.;Tafuri D.
2019-01-01
Abstract
The evaluation of body composition is an important parameter that allows an estimate of the percentage of body fat and rep- resents a fundamental criterion in different areas, that represent important parameters both for us operators in the sector and for the athlete himself, as they allow us to verify the results produced by training programs combined or not with diet plans prepared by nutrition professionals. There is a multitude of methods and techniques for estimation of body composition: anthropometry, skinfold measurement, DXA, hydrostatic weighing, bioimpedance analisys, computer tomography (CT), magnetic resonance and ultrasound (US). The aim of this review is to provide a state of art of two techniques to evaluate body composition: portable ultrasound meas- uring technique by BodyMetrix TM BX2000 and the skinfold measuring techniqueI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
