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


  1. 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.
  2. Nieman et al. Ultrasonic assessment of exercise-induced change in skeletal muscle glycogen content. BMC Sports Science, Medicine, and Rehabilitation. 7:1-7, 2015. 

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