Uso do ultrassom modo A e modo B como ferramenta para avaliar a composição corporal de atletas: uma revisão de escopo

Abstract

Introduction: the use of ultrasound for the body evaluation of athletes is a new method compared to others already well-established in the market, such as dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA), bioimpedance, and skinfolds. sltrasound has been shown to be a viable method due to its portability, noninvasiveness, ease of use, in addition to its reduced cost for some models when compared to DXA and bioimpedance. Objective: to identify and synthesize scientific evidence on the use of ultrasound, modes A and B, to assess body composition in athletes, also seeking to identify how ultrasound has been used to describe body composition and which ultrasound mode has been more used. Methodology: the strategy Population, Concept, and Context, Population: athletes, Concept: use of ultrasound to assess body composition, Context: world literature was used. The search for articles for this review was carried out in the Pubmed database using the keywords "athletes", "ultrasound" and "body composition" together with the Boolean operator “and” between them. All search results were selected, read, and sorted, leaving the studies that would follow for the review. Results: 613 articles were found in Pubmed, of which 52 were selected and, after complete reading, 39 articles were included. Conclusion: ultrasound has been used mainly to assess the differences between the body composition of the samples and the cross-sectional area of the muscle.