Age estimation in competitive sports
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- 作者：Maximilian Timme ; Jürgen Michael Steinacker…
- 关键词：Age estimation ; Competitive sports ; Skeletal age ; Dental age ; MRI
- 刊名：International Journal of Legal Medicine
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：January 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：131
- 期：1
- 页码：225-233
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- 刊物类别：Medicine
- 刊物主题：Forensic Medicine; Medical Law; Medicine/Public Health, general;
- 出版者：Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- ISSN：1437-1596
- 卷排序：131
文摘
To maintain the principle of sporting fairness and to protect the health of athletes, it is essential that age limits for youth sporting competitions are complied with. Forensic scientists have developed validated procedures for age estimation in living individuals. Methods have also been published for age estimation in competitive sports. These methods make use of the ossification stage of an epiphyseal plate to draw conclusions about an athlete’s age. This article presents published work on the use of magnetic resonance imaging for age estimation in competitive sports. In addition, it looks at the effect on age estimation of factors such as an athlete’s socioeconomic status, the use of hormones and anabolic substances as well as chronic overuse of the growth plates. Finally, recommendations on the components required for a valid age estimation procedure in competitive sports are suggested.