Impact of the use of different skinfold calipers for the analysis of the body composition;Impacto da utilização de diferentes compassos de dobras cut̂aneas para a análise da composição corporal

Revista Brasileira de Medicina do Esporte

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 150-153

  Serpelino Cyrino, Edilson ^a   Hideki Okano, Alexandre ^a,b   Glaner, Maria Fátima ^a,c   Romazini, Marcelo ^a   Gobbo, Luís Alberto ^a   Makoski, Altair ^a   Bruna, Nelson ^a   Cordeiro de Melo, Juliana ^a   Neri Tassi, Gustavo ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE BRASÍLIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Body composition; Calipers; Predictive equations; Skinfold thicknesses

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ACCURACY; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY DENSITY; BODY FAT; BODY REGIONS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THIGH; THORAX; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

EID: 0242363177     PISSN: 15178692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1517-86922003000300004     Document Type: Article

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