ArticleArchives of disease in childhood2020
Evidence of the non-linear nature of skeletal maturation.
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- Chronological age range estimation of cervical vertebral maturation using Baccetti method: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European journal of orthodontics · 2022Pooled it
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- Clinical validation of a deep-learning-based bone age software in healthy Korean children.Annals of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism · 2024Article
- Maturity-based correction mechanism for talent identification: When is it needed, does it work, and does it help to better predict who will make it to the pros?Journal of sports science & medicine · 2022Article
- Estimating Craniofacial Growth Cessation: Comparison of Asymptote- and Rate-Based Methods.The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe aim of this study was to assess longitudinal trajectories of skeletal maturation to determine if children exhibit periods of rapid maturation during normal childhood and adolescence.
designRetrospective longitudinal study. PATIENTS: 345 participants, with an average of 25 assessments per participant, between 3 and 20 years of age from the Fels Longitudinal Study.
main outcome measure
resultsMore than 81% of participants exhibited a rapid period of skeletal maturation during childhood and/or adolescence, most of whom were characterised by a single maturational spurt during adolescence. Participants with only a single adolescent spurt in skeletal maturation reach adolescent onset and peak approximately 2.8 and 4.2 years earlier, respectively, in boys (p<0.001) and girls (p<0.001), than when compared with participants with both childhood and adolescent spurts. Differences in the timing and tempo of maturational milestones were driven primarily by trajectory type.
conclusionsRapid changes in skeletal maturation occur during normal childhood and/or adolescence, indicating the presence of a maturational spurt: a developmental phenomenon that has remained largely uncharacterised. This work highlights patterned changes in the timing, tempo and duration of longitudinal skeletal maturation while simultaneously shifting the paradigm that skeletal maturation progresses linearly.
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