Nature

Skinfold caliper and ultrasound assessments of change in the distribution of subcutaneous fat during adolescent pregnancy

OBJECTIVE: This study compares skinfold caliper and sonographic measurements of the amount and distribution of subcutaneous adipose tissue teenagers gain during pregnancy to test three hypotheses: (1) ...
Nature

Percentile curves for skinfold thickness in 7- to 14-year-old children and adolescents from Jena, Germany

To present age- and sex-specific percentile curves for triceps and subscapular skinfold thickness, and to investigate long-term changes in skinfold thickness in children. In both sexes, skinfold ...
BMJ

Validation of a skinfold based index for tracking proportional changes in lean mass

Background: The lean mass index (LMI) is a new empirical measure that tracks within-subject proportional changes in body mass adjusted for changes in skinfold thickness. Objective: To compare the ...
BMJ

Changes in performance, skinfold thicknesses, and fat patterning after three years of intense athletic conditioning in high level runners

Objectives: To determine if the changes in specific skinfold sites induced by intense athletic conditioning over a three year period were associated with changes in running performance in high level ...