What is Skinfold?
Skinfold is the degree of subcutaneous body fat and the skin obtained from several places on the body by means of the body of body fat in order to determine the composition of the body. The cliper, which is a hand -held tool used by healthcare workers to measure fat stored under the skin, clashes from each of these predetermined places of skin and fat folds. Measurement in millimeters from each located place is then involved in the formula for calculating the percentage of body fat. Over time, the skinfold test can be a reliable indicator of changes in body composition in individuals who want to lose weight and/or build muscles. Since the body of body fat cannot measure visceral fat or fat deposited deep between the organs, there is no 100 % accurate measurement of the body composition. However, if it is used at regular intervals, it can measure changes in body fat over time with reasonable accuracy, provided the same person performs the test each time. Another variable that can affect the reliability of the skin measurement is whether an individual of testingClipping exactly the same places with a consistent amount of pressure, because the human error can throw out the results.
Skinfolds can be taken from a number of different locations, depending on the formula used. Most often, these measurements are obtained from three to seven places on the body. For example, when using the Jackson-Pollock formula, the skin words are carried out on a triceps, a chest near the armpit, the side of the rib cage, the back of the blade, the abdomen, the upper part of the hip and the front of the thighs. In every place with a pinch, they are taken vertically, horizontally or diagonally. For example, a pinch in the abdomen is to be measured vertically, with the fingers clasped inwards to the vertical fold of the skin and fat, while a pinch on the hip is measuring diagonally.
Person of the skin test should begin by finding a specific location on each part of the body to be measured. On the triceps, this place is located on the back of the upper arm, in the middle between the shoulder and the elbow. MeasuredThe hundred should be in a relaxed and neutral position; In this case, the arms should hang freely next to. Once the space is placed, the tester should dig with your thumb and the first two fingers like a claw to the back of the arm that felt the triceps muscle.
It should also collect the vertical fold of the skin and fat, firmly gripped the tissue as he twisted it slightly to separate her from the muscle below. With the calipers in its other side and through the hustle and bustle or inverted handles, it would press the collected fold with the stirrups just below the fingers on both sides and noticed the measurement in millimeters. Each location should be measured twice and the average should be recorded for accuracy. Once each site is measured on the body, the results can be connected to an online calculator that is found free of charge on different websites to obtain an estimate of the percentage of this person's body fat.