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ArticleClinical physiology and functional imaging2025

The concurrent validity of a portable ultrasound probe for muscle thickness measurements.

Kai A Homer, Matt R Cross, Ivan Jukic

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Article in Clinical physiology and functional imaging, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Kai A HomerSport Performance Research Institute New Zealand (SPRINZ), Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3673-0809
Matt R CrossSport Performance Research Institute New Zealand (SPRINZ), Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1579-3720
Ivan JukicSport Performance Research Institute New Zealand (SPRINZ), Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0900-9410

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ultrasound imaging is extensively used by both practitioners and researchers in assessing muscle thickness (MT); however, its use in the field is constrained by the transportability of stationary devices. New portable ultrasound probes pose as a cost-effective and transportable alternative for field-based assessments. This study evaluated the concurrent validity of a portable probe (Lumify) against a laboratory-based device (Vivid S5) in measuring MT. Eighteen participants (nine males and nine females) visited the laboratory and their MT measurements were collected using each device at five different sites (anterior and posterior arm, anterior and posterior thigh, and posterior lower leg). Bland-Altman plots (systematic and proportional bias, random error, and 95% limits of agreement), Pearson's product-moment correlation coefficient (r), and paired samples t-tests with Cohen's d effect sizes (ES) were used to assess the concurrent validity of the Lumify device. Systematic bias was low at all sites ( ≤ 0.11 cm) while proportional bias was detected only at the posterior lower leg (r

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Equipment DesignMuscle, SkeletalPredictive Value of TestsUltrasonographyAdultFemaleHumansMaleReproducibility of ResultsYoung AdultagreementbiasimagingLumifyVivid S5

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PMID39237476
PMCPMC11650541

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