The skinfold measurement should be taken 2 seconds after the caliper pressure is released. This timing is critical to ensure that the skin and subcutaneous fat have enough time to react naturally to the pressure of the caliper, providing a more accurate measurement of the skinfold thickness.
2 When conducting skinfold measurements, it is essential to measure the thickness to the nearest 1/2 to 1 mm for precision. To enhance the reliability of the measurements, a minimum of two measurements should be taken at each site. It is advisable to take these measurements in a rotational order, which means rotating through different sites before returning to the first site. This approach prevents the skin at any single site from being compressed consecutively, which could potentially affect the elasticity and pliability of the skin, leading to inaccuracies in the recorded measurements.