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Table 3 Inter-observer agreement rates on the SAs according to skeletal classification as not mature or mature and for the total number of examinations 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

Bones

Age at mature state1

Not maturea

Maturea

Total

n

D

(n)

A

n

D

(n)

A

n

D

(n)

A

n

%

n

%

n

%

Radius

17

70

8

62

89%

30

0

30

100%

100

8

92

92%

Ulna

17

52

3

49

94%

48

0

48

100%

100

3

97

97%

Capitate

13

5

2

3

60%

95

2

93

99%

100

4

96

96%

Hamate

13

5

3

2

40%

95

6

89

94%

100

9

91

91%

Triquetral

13

4

4

0

0%

96

6

90

94%

100

10

90

90%

Pisiform

a)

        

100

0

100

100%

Lunate

13

11

7

4

36%

89

0

89

100%

100

7

93

93%

Scaphoid

13

22

19

3

14%

78

0

78

100%

100

19

81

81%

Trapezium

13

17

15

2

10%

83

1

82

99%

100

16

84

84%

Trapezoid

13

5

4

1

20%

95

2

93

98%

100

6

94

94%

Adductor Sesamoid

b)

        

100

0

100

100%

Metacarpal I

15

4

1

3

75%

96

0

96

100%

100

1

99

99%

Metacarpal II

15

26

4

22

85%

74

3

71

96%

100

7

93

93%

Metacarpal III

15

30

8

22

73%

70

0

70

100%

100

8

92

92%

Metacarpal IV

15

30

10

20

67%

70

0

70

100%

100

10

90

90%

Metacarpal V

15

32

13

19

59%

68

0

68

100%

100

13

87

87%

Proximal phalange I

15

53

4

49

92%

47

5

42

89%

100

9

91

91%

Proximal phalange II

15

14

4

10

71%

86

0

86

100%

100

4

96

96%

Proximal phalange III

15

16

9

7

44%

84

0

84

100%

100

9

91

91%

Proximal phalange IV

15

17

6

11

65%

83

0

83

100%

100

6

94

94%

Proximal phalange V

15

17

3

14

82%

83

7

76

92%

100

10

90

90%

Medial phalange II

15

16

8

8

50%

84

0

84

100%

100

8

92

92%

Medial phalange III

15

18

9

9

50%

82

0

82

100%

100

9

91

91%

Medial phalange IV

15

15

5

10

67%

85

1

84

99%

100

6

94

94%

Medial phalange V

15

15

11

4

73%

85

6

79

93%

100

17

83

83%

Distal phalange I

15

65

4

61

94%

35

0

35

100%

100

4

96

96%

Distal phalange II

15

65

4

61

94%

35

2

33

94%

100

6

94

94%

Distal phalange III

15

65

4

61

94%

35

1

34

97%

100

5

95

95%

Distal phalange IV

15

65

4

61

94%

35

1

34

97%

100

5

95

95%

Distal phalange V

15

65

2

63

97%

35

0

35

100%

100

2

98

98%

Total disagreement. n

 

819

178

641

 

1981

43

1938

 

3000

221

2779

 

%

    

78.3%

   

97.8%

   

92.6%

  1. askeletal maturity status by observer 2; D (disagreement between observer 1 and observer 2); A (agreement between observer 1 and observer 2)
  2. 1Mature state defined as detailed in Radiograph Atlas of Skeletal Development of the Hand and Wrist