The Claim
Segmental bioimpedance spectroscopy shows no significant changes in leg intracellular or extracellular water following muscle glycogen depletion, even when glycogen levels decrease by more than 50%, indicating that bioimpedance spectroscopy is not affected by glycogen-related mass fluctuations in the context of athletic body composition monitoring.
What the research says
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Support is ahead, but a single strong opposing study can change this.
These are independent scores, not a percentage. Higher-grade studies count more, so a single strong opposing study can outweigh several weaker ones.
Even when athletes burn off more than half their muscle sugar, a body scan tool called BIS doesn’t see fake changes in muscle water — so it’s a reliable way to track body changes during training.
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Segmental bioimpedance spectroscopy detects no significant changes in leg intracellular or extracellular water following muscle glycogen depletion, even when glycogen levels drop by over 50%, suggesting BIS is robust to glycogen-related mass fluctuations in athletic body composition monitoring.
What the research says
1 studyThe study shows that even when muscles lose a lot of glycogen (which holds water), the water levels in the legs don’t appear to change according to BIS measurements, meaning the tool works well even when glycogen changes.
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