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Ultrasound technology cannot reliably estimate muscle glycogen concentrations in well-trained individuals.
Practitioners should not rely on ultrasound technology for assessing muscle glycogen levels.
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we were unable to validate the use of ultrasound technology to estimate muscle glycogen or increases/decreases in these stores.
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Ultrasound Technology Fails To Provide Indirect Estimate Of Muscle Glycogen Concentration
Julia L. Bone et al. · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise · 2016
DOI 10.1249/01.mss.0000486564.84945.36
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