Castriota-Scanderbeg A, De Micheli V
Department of Radiology, IRCCS CSS, San Giovanni Rotondo (Foggia), Italy.
Skeletal Radiol. 1995 Apr;24(3):197-200. doi: 10.1007/BF00228922.
This paper analyses the relationship between the thickness of the anterior femoral head cartilage (FHC), as measured by ultrasound, and some anthropometric parameters, such as height, weight, skeletal and chronological age. In addition, it provides standard norms for FHC thickness in a paediatric population. Both hips were examined in 213 consecutive subjects (99 boys and 114 girls), aged 1.9-14 years. Seventy-four subjects underwent hand and wrist X-rays for skeletal maturation: 32 of these were dropped from the study because a discrepancy as high as two standard deviations was found between their skeletal and their chronological age. The thickness of FHC correlated strongly with skeletal and chronological age, standing height and body weight. A side difference of 0.2 mm in FHC was considered to be abnormal. The study population was divided into 13 groups according to chronological and values of FHC for boys and girls are provided for each group. It is suggested that the magnitude of hyaline FHC is valuable feature in the evaluation of skeletal maturation in children.
本文分析了通过超声测量的股骨头前软骨（FHC）厚度与一些人体测量参数之间的关系，这些参数包括身高、体重、骨骼年龄和实足年龄。此外，还给出了儿科人群FHC厚度的标准规范。对连续213名年龄在1.9至14岁之间的受试者（99名男孩和114名女孩）的双侧髋关节进行了检查。74名受试者接受了手部和腕部X线检查以评估骨骼成熟度：其中32名受试者因骨骼年龄与实足年龄相差高达两个标准差而被排除在研究之外。FHC厚度与骨骼年龄、实足年龄、身高和体重密切相关。FHC两侧相差0.2毫米被认为是异常的。根据实足年龄将研究人群分为13组，并给出了每组男孩和女孩的FHC值。结果表明，透明FHC的大小是评估儿童骨骼成熟度的一个有价值的特征。
