What is the standard site for the measurement of the subscapular skinfold?

Placing the caliper directly over the inferior angle of the scapula does not account for the mandatory 1 cm inferior displacement that defines the standardized subscapular site.

Standardized anthropometric protocol places the subscapular skinfold site one centimeter below the inferior angle of the scapula, with the fold lifted along a natural cleavage line running diagonally at roughly 45 degrees from horizontal. This precise offset from the bony landmark ensures inter-rater reproducibility and has been validated in population-based body composition research. Strict adherence to site identification is critical for generating reliable and comparable skinfold data.

A site five centimeters below the inferior angle is too far inferior and does not correspond to any recognized standardized skinfold measurement location.

Shifting the measurement laterally from the inferior angle does not correspond to any accepted skinfold site and would produce invalid, non-reproducible body composition estimates.