Modified Maturity Offset Prediction Equations: Validation in Independent Longitudinal Samples of Boys and Girls.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Predicted maturity offset and age at peak height velocity are increasingly used with youth athletes, although validation studies of the equations indicated major limitations. The equations have since been modified and simplified.

Objective

The objective of this study was to validate the new maturity offset prediction equations in independent longitudinal samples of boys and girls.

Methods

Two new equations for boys with chronological age and sitting height and chronological age and stature as predictors, and one equation for girls with chronological age and stature as predictors were evaluated in serial data from the Wrocław Growth Study, 193 boys (aged 8-18 years) and 198 girls (aged 8-16 years). Observed age at peak height velocity for each youth was esti

SUBMITTER: Koziel SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5752743 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature