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Table 2 Intra-observer error (observer 2) 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 ± 1.2

90

90%

10

  

1

9

  

Ulna

16.0 ± 1.1

16.0 ± 1.1

94

94%

6

   

6

  

Capitate

12.9 ± 0.3

13.0 ± 1.2

96

96%

4

  

4

   

Hamate

12.9 ± 0.5

13.0 ± 0.4

96

96%

4

  

4

   

Triquetral

13.0 ± 0.2

13.0 ± 0.1

96

96%

4

  

4

   

Pisiform

100

100%

       

Lunate

12.9 ± 0.4

13.0 ± 0.2

91

91%

9

  

9

   

Scaphoid

12.7 ± 0.6

12.8 ± 0.5

93

93%

7

  

7

   

Trapezium

12.8 ± 0.6

12.8 ± 0.5

96

96%

4

 

1

3

   

Trapezoid

12.9 ± 0.3

13.0 ± 0.1

96

96%

4

  

4

   

Adductor Sesamoid

100

100%

       

Metacarpal I

14.9 ± 0.4

14.9 ± 0.4

92

92%

8

  

1

7

  

Metacarpal II

14.7 ± 0.6

14.6 ± 0.4

91

91%

9

  

2

7

  

Metacarpal III

14.6 ± 0.6

14.6 ± 0.6

95

95%

5

  

3

2

  

Metacarpal IV

14.6 ± 0.6

14.6 ± 0.6

96

96%

4

  

4

   

Metacarpal V

14.6 ± 0.7

14.6 ± 0.6

94

94%

6

  

3

3

  

Proximal phalange I

14.4 ± 0.7

14.4 ± 0.6

88

88%

12

  

7

5

  

Proximal phalange II

14.8 ± 0.6

14.8 ± 0.6

98

98%

2

  

1

1

  

Proximal phalange III

14.7 ± 0.7

14.8 ± 0.6

98

98%

2

  

2

   

Proximal phalange IV

14.7 ± 0.7

14.8 ± 0.6

96

96%

4

  

4

   

Proximal phalange V

14.7 ± 0.6

14.8 ± 0.6

96

96%

4

  

4

   

Medial phalange II

14.8 ± 0.6

14.8 ± 0.6

98

98%

2

   

2

  

Medial phalange III

14.8 ± 0.6

14.7 ± 0.6

96

96%

4

   

4

  

Medial phalange IV

14.8 ± 0.5

14.8 ± 0.5

94

94%

6

  

3

3

  

Medial phalange V

14.8 ± 0.5

14.8 ± 0.5

98

98%

2

  

1

1

  

Distal phalange I

14.3 ± 0.5

14.3 ± 0.6

94

94%

6

  

6

   

Distal phalange II

14.3 ± 0.5

14.3 ± 0.5

100

100%

       

Distal phalange III

14.3 ± 0.5

14.3 ± 0.5

93

93%

7

  

4

3

  

Distal phalange IV

14.3 ± 0.5

14.3 ± 0.6

96

96%

4

  

4

   

Distal phalange V

14.3 ± 0.5

14.3 ± 0.6

95

95%

5

  

3

2

  

Total disagreements

  

2856

 

144

 

1

88

55

  

%

  

95.2%

 

4.8%

 

1%

61.1%

23.3%

  
  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