Intra-observer reproducibility and inter-observer agreement of Fels skeletal age assessments among male tennis players 8-16 years.
Paulo Sousa-E-SilvaManuel João Coelho E SilvaJorge M Celis-MorenoDaniela C CostaDiogo Vicente MartinhoLuis P RibeiroTomás G OliveiraJoão Gonçalves SantosOscar M TavaresJoaquim M CastanheiraTelmo PereiraJorge CondeRicardo R CayollaPedro Duarte MendesGillian K MyburghSean P CummingRobert M MalinaPublished in: BMC pediatrics (2023)
Fels SA assessments were highly reproducible and showed an acceptable level of inter-observer agreement between trained examiners. Classifications of players by skeletal maturity status based on assessments of the two observers were highly concordant, though not 100%. The results highlight the importance of experienced observers in skeletal maturity assessments.