"Reliability Of The Styku 3d Whole Body Scanner For The Assessment Of B" by Joseph Daniel Derouchey

Date of Award

January 2018

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Kinesiology & Public Health Education

First Advisor

John Fitzgerald

Abstract

3-dimensional (3D) anthropometrics, such as volumes and surface area, have been shown to be important in predicting sport performance, and assessing health status, but most commercially available whole-body scanners are cost prohibitive. The main purpose of this study was to determine the test-retest reliability of a commercially available single camera 3D body scanning system to assess whole body and segmental circumferences, surface areas, and volumes of healthy collegiate athletes and students. Forty-nine male and female student-athletes active in various sports from a division I institute were scanned and measurements were analyzed. The single camera system demonstrated good within- and between-session reliability. Reliability was quantified as the systematic error, random error, and test-retest correlation. The Styku 3D whole body scanner demonstrated nearly perfect reliability. Systematic errors were negligible (mean standardized bias [95%CI]: within-session, 0.04 [0.02, 0.06]; between-session, 0.02 [0.01, 0.03]), random errors were negligible (mean standardized typical error [95%CI]); within-session, 0.14 [0.11, 0.17]; between-session, 0.09 [0.07, 0.13]), and test-retest correlations were nearly perfect (mean ICC [95%CI]: within-session, 0.98 [0.97, 0.99]; between-session, 0.99 [0.99, 1.00]). 3-D body scanning using a single camera system may be a good fit for professionals looking for a low-cost system for the evaluation of body shape and size.

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