Assessment of skeletal maturity: a new classification scheme using distal radius and ulna radiographs

Abstract

SUMMARY: Our study describes a new classification scheme to assess skeletal maturity by utilizing the distal radius and ulna radiographs. This classification demonstrates a relationship with adolescent growth spurt and cessation of growth. Introduction: The progression of the curve in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis has always been associated with pubertal growth spurt. The commonly used clinical or radiological methods are still deficient in predicting this growth peak among adolescents and bone age is too complicated to apply. To address these concerns, we ...