Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Sport Mont

Volume

20

Issue

1

Publisher

Cmogorska Sportska Akademija,Montenegrin Sport Academy

Publication Date

2-1-2022

First Page

115

Last Page

118

Creative Commons License

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Abstract

A-mode ultrasound is a noninvasive, rapid method for measuring subcutaneous fat thickness and estimating body fat percentage (%BF). Validity and reliability of the BodyMetrix BX2000 A-mode ultrasound has been reported; however, this study aimed to compare results from two machines to determine interdevice reliability. Ultrasound measures were repeated with two BX2000 machines at 10 body sites (chest, biceps, triceps, scapula, lower back, hip, waist, thigh, calf, axilla) on 42 males of varying age and leanness (age: 28.6±11.9 y, BMI: 25.4±4.6 kg/m2). The intraclass correlation coefficients ranged from 0.939 to 0.998 with standard errors of measurement from 0.31 to 0.58 mm of fat thickness. The largest mean difference between devices was 0.37 mm at the scapula. The difference between machines in %BF was not significant (0.34%BF; p=0.09). The interdevice reliability is similar to the previously reported test-retest reliability with no clinical significance between machines.

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