Medical Subject Headings

Last uploaded: January 31, 2024
Preferred Name

Skinfold Thickness

Synonyms

Skinfold Thicknesses

Definitions

The measurement of subcutaneous fat located directly beneath the skin by grasping a fold of skin and subcutaneous fat between the thumb and forefinger and pulling it away from the underlying muscle tissue. The thickness of the double layer of skin and subcutaneous tissue is then read with a caliper. The five most frequently measured sites are the upper arm, below the scapula, above the hip bone, the abdomen, and the thigh. Its application is the determination of relative fatness, of changes in physical conditioning programs, and of the percentage of body fat in desirable body weight. (From McArdle, et al., Exercise Physiology, 2d ed, p496-8)

ID

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D012885

altLabel

Skinfold Thicknesses

Thickness, Skinfold

Thicknesses, Skinfold

cui

C0037302

DC

1

definition

The measurement of subcutaneous fat located directly beneath the skin by grasping a fold of skin and subcutaneous fat between the thumb and forefinger and pulling it away from the underlying muscle tissue. The thickness of the double layer of skin and subcutaneous tissue is then read with a caliper. The five most frequently measured sites are the upper arm, below the scapula, above the hip bone, the abdomen, and the thigh. Its application is the determination of relative fatness, of changes in physical conditioning programs, and of the percentage of body fat in desirable body weight. (From McArdle, et al., Exercise Physiology, 2d ed, p496-8)

DX

19730101

HN

73(68)

Inverse of RO

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D009765

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D000273

Machine permutation

73

MDA

19990101

MMR

20090706

MN

E05.041.124.803

E01.370.600.115.100.803

G07.100.100.803

notation

D012885

prefLabel

Skinfold Thickness

TERMUI

T037972

TH

NLM (1968)

tui

T060

subClassOf

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D001837

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