Validation of a noninvasive maturity estimate relative to skeletal age in youth football players

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 362-368

  Malina, Robert M ^a,f   Dompier, Thomas P ^b   Powell, John W ^c   Barron, Mary J ^d   Moore, Marguerite T ^e  

^a TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Height prediction; Maturation; Percentage of mature height; Skeletal age; Youth sports

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BONE AGE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIPHYSIS; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; MALE; MATURITY; METAPHYSIS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; SKELETON;

EID: 34548669123     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e31815400f4     Document Type: Article

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