Keywords
maturation of the cervical vertebra
hand-wrist maturation
skeletal maturity
hand-wrist maturation
skeletal maturity
How to Cite
Martínez-Roque, K. M., & Ardón, E. (2021). Skeletal maturity: the discovery of biological age through Baccetti’s cervical vertebrae and Fishman’s carpal evaluation methods. Revista Minerva: Multidisciplinary Scientific Journal of the Universidad De El Salvador, 4(1), 51–62. https://doi.org/10.5377/revminerva.v4i1.12460
Abstract
Objective. Conduct a literature review to answer the question: Is there a difference between the Baccetti and Fishman's carpal cervical vertebrae evaluation method to determine the maximum peak of human growth.Materials and methods. A search was carried out in two databases (PubMed, and SciELO), in which studies (2000-2020) were selected
that compared one or both evaluation methods to determine peak growth. In the first selection stage, 248 articles were obtained.
Finally, 8 articles were included for review.
Results: Of the total of evaluated studies, 6 presented a high level of correlation between the examined methods and only 2 defined
a moderately positive correlation.
Conclusions. There is a correlation between the two evaluation methods for the identification of the maximum growth peak. It was
found that the assessment of vertebral age in lateral skull radiographs using the Baccetti method has proven to be statistically
reliable, valid and clinically useful, reducing the need for radiographic overexposure for carpal evaluation.
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