Mahajan Shally
Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics, Uttar Pradesh Dental College and Research Centre, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Indian J Dent Res. 2011 Mar-Apr;22(2):309-16. doi: 10.4103/0970-9290.84310.
Aim of this study was to determine the validity of cervical vertebrae radiographic assessment to predict skeletal maturation.
Left-hand wrist and lateral cephalometric radiographs of 100 Bangalore children aged 8-18 years, divided into 10 groups of 10 subjects each with equal distribution of males and females, were measured. On left-hand wrist radiograph, the classification of Fishman was used to assess skeletal maturation. Cervical vertebrae maturation was evaluated with lateral cephalometric radiograph, using the stages developed by Hassel and Farman. The changes in hand wrist and cervical vertebrae were correlated.
Significant association was observed between skeletal maturation indicator stages and cervical vertebrae maturation indicator stages. Correlation coefficient was found to be significant (P<0.0001).
The results of the study indicated that the cervical vertebrae maturation and hand wrist skeletal maturation was significantly related.
本研究的目的是确定颈椎X线评估预测骨骼成熟度的有效性。
对100名年龄在8至18岁的班加罗尔儿童的左手腕和头颅侧位X线片进行测量，这些儿童分为10组，每组10名受试者，男女分布均匀。在左手腕X线片上，采用菲什曼分类法评估骨骼成熟度。使用哈塞尔和法曼制定的阶段，通过头颅侧位X线片评估颈椎成熟度。对手腕和颈椎的变化进行相关性分析。
观察到骨骼成熟指标阶段与颈椎成熟指标阶段之间存在显著关联。相关系数具有显著性（P<0.0001）。
研究结果表明，颈椎成熟度与手腕骨骼成熟度显著相关。
