| The purpose of this study was to evaluate the reliability of cervical vertebrae as maturation indicators for the assessment of skeletal age in adolescent females. This was determined by correlating cervical vertebral maturation to both hand-wrist assessments and to stature increments.;Results of statistical tests indicate that skeletal age assessments made from the cervical vertebrae are reliable and reproducible.;The reliability and validity of using vertebral age was further tested by evaluating its association with skeletal age assessments made from hand-wrists films. Tests showed that a significant relationship exists between these two assessments of skeletal age.;Finally, the relationship between vertebral age and stature increments was tested by means of scatter diagrams and correlation coefficients (r = 0.82). These results indicate that a fairly strong relationship exists between these two parameters. (Abstract shortened by UMI.).;The vertebral skeletal age was assessed using maturity indicators, which were then subjected to statistical analysis to determine if any relationship exists between these different measures of physiologic maturity. |
