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Table 1 Intra-observer error (observer 1) on SAs estimates among female adolescent soccer players (n = 100)

From: Reproducibility and inter-observer agreement of Greulich-Pyle protocol to estimate skeletal age among female adolescent soccer players

 

Time-moment 1

(TM1)

Time-moment 2

(TM2)

Agreement

Disagreement

n

%

n

magnitude of discrepanciesa

-3

−2

−1

+ 1

+ 2

+ 3

Radius

15.6 ± 1.2

15.5 ± 1.3

82

82%

18

  

5

12

1

 

Ulna

16.1 ± 1.1

16.1 ± 1.1

86

86%

14

  

8

6

  

Capitate

12.9 ± 0.3

12.9 ± 0.4

93

93%

7

  

4

3

  

Hamate

12.8 ± 0.6

13.0 ± 0.2

92

92%

8

3

1

4

   

Triquetral

12.8 ± 0.6

12.9 ± 0.5

90

90%

10

1

3

2

4

  

Pisiform

100

100%

       

Lunate

12.9 ± 0.4

12.9 ± 0.4

96

96%

4

  

1

2

1

 

Scaphoid

12.9 ± 0.4

12.8 ± 0.5

91

91%

9

  

1

6

2

 

Trapezium

12.8 ± 0.6

12.8 ± 0.6

90

90%

10

1

1

 

1

7

 

Trapezoid

12.9 ± 0.4

12.9 ± 0.4

95

95%

5

1

 

1

2

1

 

Adductor Sesamoid

100

100%

       

Metacarpal I

14.9 ± 0.5

14.9 ± 0.5

94

94%

6

  

1

5

  

Metacarpal II

14.7 ± 0.6

14.6 ± 0.6

91

91%

9

  

5

4

  

Metacarpal III

14.7 ± 0.6

14.7 ± 0.6

92

92%

8

  

2

6

  

Metacarpal IV

14.8 ± 0.5

14.7 ± 0.6

90

90%

10

   

10

  

Metacarpal V

14.7 ± 0.5

14.7 ± 0.6

89

89%

11

  

3

6

2

 

Proximal phalange I

14.4 ± 0.6

14.4 ± 0.6

91

91%

9

 

1

4

4

  

Proximal phalange II

14.8 ± 0.5

14.7 ± 0.6

89

89%

11

  

1

10

  

Proximal phalange III

14.8 ± 0.5

14.7 ± 0.6

91

91%

9

   

9

  

Proximal phalange IV

14.8 ± 0.5

14.8 ± 0.6

89

89%

11

 

1

1

9

  

Proximal phalange V

14.7 ± 0.6

14.8 ± 0.6

90

90%

10

  

8

2

  

Medial phalange II

14.9 ± 0.4

14.8 ± 0.6

90

90%

10

  

1

8

1

 

Medial phalange III

14.9 ± 0.5

14.8 ± 0.6

91

91%

9

  

1

7

1

 

Medial phalange IV

14.9 ± 0.5

14.8 ± 0.5

91

91%

9

  

1

8

  

Medial phalange V

14.8 ± 0.5

14.8 ± 0.6

92

92%

8

  

4

4

  

Distal phalange I

14.3 ± 0.6

14.3 ± 0.6

97

97%

3

  

2

1

  

Distal phalange II

14.3 ± 0.6

14.3 ± 0.6

95

95%

5

  

2

3

  

Distal phalange III

14.3 ± 0.6

14.3 ± 0.6

96

96%

4

  

1

3

  

Distal phalange IV

14.3 ± 0.6

14.3 ± 0.6

96

96%

4

  

1

3

  

Distal phalange V

14.3 ± 0.5

14.3 ± 0.6

99

99%

1

   

1

  

Total disagreements

  

2768

 

232

6

7

64

139

16

0

%

  

92.3%

 

7.7%

2.6%

3.1%

27.6%

59.9%

6.9%

0.0

  1. asigns refer to TM1 minus TM2 and numbers corresponds to plates from the collection of photographs representing the sequence of skeletal maturation in atlas