Intra- and inter-judge reliabilities in measuring the skin-fold thicknesses of ultra runners under field conditions.
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.
Gesundheitszentrum St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland. beat.knechtle@hispeed.ch
Beat
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Knechtle
Irena
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Joleska
Andrea
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Wirth
Patrizia
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Knechtle
Thomas
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Rosemann
Oliver
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Senn
D050218:Body Fat Distribution / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001837:Body Weights and Measures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015588:Observer Variation; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012420:Running / Q000502:physiology*; D012737:Sex Factors; D012885:Skinfold Thickness