Does Dehydration Affect MuscleSound Measures?
Dehydration does not affect MuscleSound measures: Here’s why
The water molecules bound up with glycogen remain attached even when the body is in a dehydrated state. 1 Research has confirmed that hydration levels do not affect the accuracy of MuscleSound measures.2
- Valentín E. et al. Relationship between muscle water and glycogen recovery after prolonged exercise in the heat in humans. Eur J Appl Physiol (2015) 115:1919–1926.
- Nieman et al. Ultrasonic assessment of exercise-induced change in skeletal muscle glycogen content. BMC Sports Science, Medicine, and Rehabilitation. 7:1-7, 2015.