The use of B-mode ultrasound for measuring subcutaneous fat thickness on the upper arms
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ABSTRACT:
A study was carried out to investigate the potential use of B-made ultrasound for measuring subcutaneous fat thickness at two arm sites. Data from two similar groups of college students (n, 64) were collected for the following purposes: (1) to determine at each of two separate arm sites if a single measurement of subcutaneous fat taken in the middle of a 8 mm cross-sectional sonogram was similar to the average of three fat measurements taken equidistantly across the same 8 mm sonogram, (2) to assess the reliability of B-mode fat sonograms repeated within 30 min, and (3) to examine the association between B-mode sonograms and skinfold assessments of subcutaneous fat. For both standardized arm sites, the use of a single ultrasonically determined measurement of subcutaneous fat thickness was as appropriate as using the average of several thickness taken from a single B-mode sonogram. Further, ultrasonically-determined measurements of subcutaneous fat thickness could be reliably obtained on the arms for assessments repeated within 30 min.
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