The changes of human skeleton development are basically similar, and the development process of each skeleton has continuity and stages. Different stages of bones have different morphological characteristics, so bone age assessment can accurately reflect the growth and maturity of individuals.

Not only can the biological age of children be determined, but also the growth and development potential and sexual maturity trend of children can be understood as soon as possible through bone age.

The adult height of children can also be predicted by bone age, and the determination of bone age is also very helpful for the diagnosis of some pediatric endocrine diseases. Bone age was first used in medicine to study and measure the growth and development of children, and then it was widely used to determine the actual age of athletes to determine their qualifications. The method of bone age identification is widely used in judicial trial and plays a very important role.

It is scientific to test children's bone age.

Extended data:

The relationship between bone age and actual age can be expressed by the difference of bone age.

The difference between bone age and life span is within 1 year, which is called normal development.

The difference between bone age and life age > 1 year is called precocious puberty.

Difference between bone age and life span