Intra- and inter-judge reliabilities in measuring the skin-fold thicknesses of ultra runners under field conditions

Percept Mot Skills. 2010 Aug;111(1):105-6. doi: 10.2466/03.05.PMS.111.4.105-106.

Abstract

Inter- and intra-judge reliabilities of skinfold measures were investigated in a sample of 27 men and 11 women ultramarathon runners. Two physicians had agreement higher than 90% in field measurements before an ultramarathon race.

MeSH terms

  • Body Fat Distribution / statistics & numerical data
  • Body Weights and Measures / statistics & numerical data*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Observer Variation
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Running / physiology*
  • Sex Factors
  • Skinfold Thickness*