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‘Skeletal Age’ for mapping the impact of fracture on mortality [PDF]
eLife, 2023 Background: Fragility fracture is associated with an increased risk of mortality, but mortality is not part of doctor-patient communication. Here, we introduce a new concept called ‘Skeletal Age’ as the age of an individual’s skeleton resulting from a ...
Thach Tran +7 more
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Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences, 2023 Introduction: The planning of effective orthodontic therapy greatly benefits from an understanding of the skeletal maturation and stage of growth of the patients seeking orthodontic treatment.
S Bhuvaneshwari +5 more
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Skeletal Age Evaluation with BAUSportTM Ultrasound in Young Slovak Female Athletes and Non-Athletes—A Cross-Sectional Study [PDF]
Journal of Functional Morphology and KinesiologyBackground: Biological maturity assessment is increasingly discussed in youth sport because chronological age alone does not reflect inter-individual variation in growth and pubertal timing.
Petra Švábová (nee Uhrová) +6 more
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Bone of contention: The applicability of the Greulich–Pyle method for skeletal age assessment in South Africa [PDF]
South African Journal of Radiology, 2018 Background: The Greulich–Pyle (GP) method is one of the most commonly used radiographic techniques for skeletal age (SA) determination. The applicability of this method for populations outside of the United States has been questioned and this has been ...
Dashnee Govender, Matthew Goodier
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Simplified Knee MRI ‘Sagittal Tibial Epi-Physis (STEP)’ Shorthand for Skeletal Age Assessment in Pediatric Patients with ACL Injury [PDF]
DiagnosticsObjectives: To develop a simplified MRI-based shorthand assessment method, referred to as the Sagittal Tibial Epi-Physis (STEP) Shorthand, for skeletal age assessment in skeletally immature patients with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries.
Alberto Grassi +9 more
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The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Orthodontics for Determining Skeletal Age Based on Cervical Vertebra Maturation Degree: A Comprehensive Review [PDF]
Health Science ReportsBackground and Aims Dentofacial orthopedic treatment planning highly depends on the estimation of skeletal growth peak. In most cases, chronological age and biological age differ, some techniques estimate skeletal age by analyzing cervical vertebrae ...
Pegah Farzanegan +4 more
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Applied Sciences, 2023 This paper aims to propose a statistical model to assess pubertal growth spurt using the ratio of the anterior height projection to the posterior (Vba) of the fourth cervical vertebra body (C4) on cephalograms and to calculate the residual proportion of ...
Roberto Cameriere +8 more
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Reproducibility of bone age assessment from DXA hand scans: expert versus novice
Annals of Human Biology, 2021 Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scans are frequently used in human biological research to study bone health and body composition. Hand-wrist scans for the assessment of skeletal maturity can also be easily obtained in immature research ...
Laura Keylock, N. Cameron
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Journal of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine, 2021 In the present study, we examined the biological maturity of young Japanese football players. In Japan’s football training system, players are selected at a young age. However, relatively early maturing players might be selected if the selection is based
Ryo Takahara, Shumpei Miyakawa
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Evaluation of Skeletal Maturation in Children of Azamgarh [PDF]
International Journal of Anatomy Radiology and Surgery, 2013 Introduction: Orthodontics includes the study of the growth and development of the dentofacial complex particularly and the growth and development of the body generally.
V. Subhash +3 more
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