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The Acute Effect Of Walking On Ultrasound Measurements From The Achilles Insight Ultrasonometer In College-Aged Individuals, Kristin J. Heumann, Jacob Cimolino, Jeremy R. Hawkins, Robert W. Pettitt, Steven Ross Murray
The Acute Effect Of Walking On Ultrasound Measurements From The Achilles Insight Ultrasonometer In College-Aged Individuals, Kristin J. Heumann, Jacob Cimolino, Jeremy R. Hawkins, Robert W. Pettitt, Steven Ross Murray
International Journal of Exercise Science
International Journal of Exercise Science 9(4): 491-496, 2016. The Achilles InSight bone ultrasonometer is a portable ultrasound device for quantitatively measuring bone composition both safely and inexpensively via the calcaneus. The effect of acute, brisk walking as a possible source of error on the reliability of quantitative ultrasound (QUS) measurements was investigated. Forty-seven participants (17 women, 30 men; age M ± SD = 20.44 ± 1.16) had their calcaneus measured with the Achilles InSight both before and after a 15-min bout of walking at (5.63 km·h-1 (3.5 mph). The Achilles InSight was deemed reliable via a test-and-retest protocol (ICC α …