Abstract

BAHR-ULLOA, Sandra; AGUERO-GOMEZ, Francisco  and  CARVAJAL-VEITIA, Wiliam. Anthropometry applied in ultrasound as a tool for measuring body composition. Rev.Med.Electrón. [online]. 2023, vol.45, n.5, pp. 859-870.  Epub Oct 31, 2023. ISSN 1684-1824.

The anthropometric characterization of individuals provides information for the evaluation of their health status, in particular body composition -a fundamental aspect in nutritional and functional assessment- where ultrasound acquires increasingly more value in the analysis of these components. The purpose of this study is to systematize the references on the study of body composition through measurements of subcutaneous adipose tissue by ultrasound. A documentary research was carried out whose object of study was the scientific articles published in the SciELO, EBSCO and PubMed databases, between January 2020 and October 2022. It was found that different research centers have developed studies on body composition measured through ultrasound, mainly in the last decade. The main schools are located in France, the United States, Brazil and Austria. The applications of these studies are found in nutrition, sports, health in general and in particular populations such as children, adolescents, military personnel, and overweight or obese individuals. Therefore, ultrasound is considered to be an indirect method of measuring body composition, which has been used to measure tissue structure and has proven to be an accurate technique for measuring the thickness of subcutaneous fat.

Keywords : anthropometry; body composition; ultrasound.

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