**EXAM1- Skinfold Testing

Question 1

skinfold testing

Answer 1

measures the amount of subcutaneous fat + assumes that subcutaneous fat is proportional to total body fat

Question 2

subcutaneous fat

Answer 2

adipose tissue deposited directly underneath the skin

Question 3

calipers should deliver how much force

Answer 3

10 g/mm^2

Question 4

drawbacks of skinfold testing

Answer 4

-accuracy
-difficult to master technique

Question 5

standard error of skinfold testing

Answer 5

5%

Question 6

if calipers are too strong…

Answer 6

measurement is low

Question 7

if calipers are too weak…

Answer 7

too high of a measurement

Question 8

3 assumptions of skinfold testing

Answer 8

-skinfold is a good measure of subcutaneous fat
-the distribution of fat (subcutaneous vs internal) is similar for all individuals within each sex
-there is a LINEAR relationship between the sum of skinfolds + body density

Question 9

skinfold measurements are taken on what side of the body

Answer 9

right side

Question 10

calipers should be ____ from the thumb + index finger

Answer 10

1 cm

Question 11

standardized skinfold sites have how many sites

Answer 11

9
-2 more than the common 7-site skinfold

Question 12

what are the 2 sites included in standardized skinfold but not the common 7-site skinfold

Answer 12

-biceps
-medial calf

Question 13

standardized skinfold sites

Answer 13

-triceps
-biceps
-chest/pectoral
-medial calf
-midaxillary
-subscapular
-suprailiac
-thigh

Question 14

common 7-site skinfold sites

Answer 14

-abdominal
-triceps
-chest/pectoral
-midaxillary
-subscapular
-suprailiac
-thigh

Question 15

abdomen

Answer 15

2 cm to right side of umilicus

Question 16

abdomen fold

Answer 16

vertical

Question 17

triceps

Answer 17

posterior midline of upper arm, halfway between acromion + olecranon processes

Question 18

triceps fold

Answer 18

vertical

Question 19

triceps- what is important in protocol

Answer 19

make sure subject’s arm is relaxed + held freely on the side

Question 20

chest- men

Answer 20

½ distance between anterior axillary line + nipple

Question 21

chest- women

Answer 21

1/3 distance between anterior axillary line + nipple

Question 22

chest fold

Answer 22

diagonal

Question 23

midaxillary

Answer 23

-ask subject to move arm back or raise it up
-locate midaxillary line at the level of xiphoid process of sternum

Question 24

midaxillary fold

Answer 24

vertical

Question 25

subscapular

Answer 25

-ask subject to put arms behind his/her back to help locating sites
-locate scapula + pinch 1-2 cm below inferior angle of scapula

Question 26

subscapular fold

Answer 26

diagonal

Question 27

suprailiac

Answer 27

-ask subject to locate iliac crest (hip bone) for you
-taken immediately superior to the iliac crest (in line with natural angle of iliac crest) at anterior axillary line

Question 28

suprailiac fold

Answer 28

diagonal

Question 29

thigh

Answer 29

-ask subject to shift body weight to left leg, + have right knee slightly flexed + right leg totally relaxed
-locate anterior midline of thigh
-taken halfway between PROXIMAL patella + inguinal crease (hip)

Question 30

thigh fold

Answer 30

vertical