Accurate assessment of skeletal maturity is important clinically. Skeletal age assessment is usually based on features encoded in ossification centers. Therefore, it is critical to design a mechanism to capture as much as possible characteristics of features. We have observed that given a feature, there exist stages of the skeletal age such that the variation pattern of the feature differs in t...

Aim:To assess the skeletal and dental maturation of different facial types in growing children of south Indian population. Material and Methods: This study comprised of 60 samples with age group of 9-13 years and divided into 3 groups i.e Average growth pattern (control), Vertical growth pattern and Horizontal growth pattern . Lateral cephalograph , Hand wrist radiograph and Panoramic radiograp...

Accurate assessment of skeletal maturity is important clinically. Skeletal age assessment is usually based on features encoded in ossification centers. Therefore, it is critical to design a mechanism to capture as much as possible characteristics of features. We have observed that given a feature, there exist stages of the skeletal age such that the variation pattern of the feature differs in t...

BACKGROUND Skeletal muscle mass (SMM) plays a crucial role in systemic glucose metabolism. OBJECTIVE To obtain reference data on absolute and relative values of SMM for Korean children and adolescents. METHODS Cross-sectional results from 1919 children and adolescents (1024 boys) aged 10-18 years that underwent dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) during the Korean National Health and Nut...

BACKGROUND Most studies comparing the Risser staging for skeletal maturity are representing the American or European standards which are not always applicable to Asian population who have relatively less height and body mass. There is no article available that compares the Risser sign and bone age correlation between patients with idiopathic scoliosis and patients without scoliosis. MATERIALS...

backgroundsitting on inappropriate benches, as well as the poor posture (body position) during the years of growth, can lead to spinal disorders, fatigue and discomfort in students. this study aimed to investigate the relationship between features of desks and chairs and prevalence of some musculoskeletal disorders in primary school students in abadan.materials and methodsthis cross-sectional s...

skeletal muscle is a highly differentiated tissue with very specific functions which has low potential of regeneration. skeletal muscle injuries especially in athletes almost have lead to muscular dysfunctions and healing may be prolonged for several years. therefore, working on skeletal muscle differentiation remained an importance in biomedical researches. adipose derived stem cells (adscs) a...