Skeletal Maturing in Adolescence as a Basis for Determining Percentage of Completed Growth

Non-Invasive Measurements of Physical Maturity in Children

“…It was shown by Bayley (1943) that the percentage of actual adult stature attained at a chronological age is related to the level of skeletal maturity. This finding can be applied only to serial data that extend to adulthood.…”

The Prediction of Adult Stature in Tall Girls

“…The use of the second edition of this atlas (1959) in the present study would have little influence on the results. The positive correlations between percentage of mature height and skeletal age are high enough for reliable predictions although they decrease at the pubescent growth spurt (Bayley, 1943;Simmons, 1944;Bayley and Pinneau, 1952;Low et al, 1964). This decrease may explain Gray's (1948) finding that Bayley's method was less accurate at about the time of menarche.…”

“…A major advance came when Bayley (1943Bayley ( , 1946 published the percentages of mature height achieved at particular skeletal ages. These tables were superseded by those of Bayley and Pinneau (1952) which were based on the first edition of the Greulich-Pyle atlas of skeletal maturation of the hand-wrist (1 950).…”

Clinical Applications of Skeletal Age Assessments

“…3). In addition, there are high correlations between the mean skeletal ages of different areas of individual children (Bayley, 1943;Simmons, 1944;Kelly and Macy, 1958). Further evidence that the mean skeletal age of one hand is a reliable indicator of maturation in other body systems and in other parts of the skeleton is provided by its positive correlations with.…”