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National Athletic Trainers' Associaton, Journal of Athletic Training, 2(44), p. 142-147, 2009

DOI: 10.4085/1062-6050-44.2.142

Elsevier, Year Book of Sports Medicine, (2010), p. 189-191

DOI: 10.1016/s0162-0908(09)79582-0

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Ultrasound Techniques Applied to Body Fat Measurement in Male and Female Athletes

Journal article published in 2009 by Jean-Claude Pineau, Jean-Robert Filliard, Michel Bocquet, C. M. Jankowski
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Abstract

Abstract Context: For athletes in disciplines with weight categories, it is important to assess body composition and weight fluctuations. Objective: To evaluate the accuracy of measuring body fat percentage with a portable ultrasound device possessing high accuracy and reliability versus fan-beam, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA). Design: Cross-validation study. Setting: Research laboratory. Patients or Other Participants: A total of 93 athletes (24 women, 69 men), aged 23.5 ± 3.7 years, with body mass index = 24.0 ± 4.2 and body fat percentage via DEXA = 9.41 ± 8.1 participated. All participants were elite athletes selected from the Institut National des Sports et de l'Education Physique. These participants practiced a variety of weight-category sports. Main Outcome Measure(s): We measured body fat and body fat percentage using an ultrasound technique associated with anthropometric values and the DEXA reference technique. Cross-validation between the ultrasound technique and DEXA was then performed. Results: Ultrasound estimates of body fat percentage were correlated closely with those of DEXA in both females (r = 0.97, standard error of the estimate = 1.79) and males (r = 0.98, standard error of the estimate = 0.96). The ultrasound technique in both sexes had a low total error (0.93). The 95% limit of agreement was −0.06 ± 1.2 for all athletes and did not show an overprediction or underprediction bias. We developed a new model to produce body fat estimates with ultrasound and anthropometric dimensions. Conclusions: The limits of agreement with the ultrasound technique compared with DEXA measurements were very good. Consequently, the use of a portable ultrasound device produced accurate body fat and body fat percentage estimates in relation to the fan-beam DEXA technique.