Mathis S K, Frame B A, Smith C E
J Am Podiatr Med Assoc. 1989 Aug;79(8):375-9. doi: 10.7547/87507315-79-8-375.
While most anatomists have referred to a distal epiphyseal growth plate in the first metatarsal as rare or occasional, one definitive study has shown this accessory growth center to be extremely common in children under the age of 12 years. The authors discuss the significance of this phenomenon, and present a literary review, a clinical case report, and a retrospective radiographic study of 217 pediatric feet, confirming the incidence of the distal growth plate.
虽然大多数解剖学家认为第一跖骨远端骨骺生长板罕见或偶见，但一项权威研究表明，这种附属生长中心在12岁以下儿童中极为常见。作者讨论了这一现象的意义，并进行了文献综述、临床病例报告以及对217例儿童足部的回顾性影像学研究，证实了远端生长板的发生率。
