A tape is horizontal at baseline but slopes downward at reassessment. What should the trainer correct?
- AThe reassessment value, by averaging it with the baseline
- BTape tension, pulling it tight enough to compress the skin
- CTape alignment, keeping it horizontal at the same landmark both times
- DThe baseline, remeasuring it with the tape angled to match
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Answer
C
The tape should be horizontal and snug without compressing the skin, at the same documented landmark each visit. Correcting the alignment at reassessment restores comparability with the baseline.
A
Averaging a sloped measurement with a horizontal one blends two techniques; the tape alignment itself must be fixed.
B
Compressing the skin is itself a technique error; the tape should be snug but not indenting.
D
Copying the error makes both values wrong; the standard horizontal technique should be used.
C
The tape should be horizontal and snug without compressing the skin, at the same documented landmark each visit. Correcting the alignment at reassessment restores comparability with the baseline.