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ReviewInternational journal of legal medicine2017

Age estimation in competitive sports.

Maximilian Timme, Jürgen Michael Steinacker, Andreas Schmeling

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Review in International journal of legal medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Maximilian TimmeInstitute of Legal Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Röntgenstraße 23, 48149, Münster, Germany.
Jürgen Michael SteinackerDivision Sports and Rehabilitation Medicine, University Hospital Ulm, Leimgrubenweg 14, 89075, Ulm, Germany.
Andreas SchmelingInstitute of Legal Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Röntgenstraße 23, 48149, Münster, Germany. andreas.schmeling@ukmuenster.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0135-1617

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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.

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Age Determination by SkeletonAge Determination by TeethAthletesOsseointegrationBone and BonesDoping in SportsEpiphysesHormonesHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingSocial ClassSportsHormonesAge estimationCompetitive sportsDental ageMRISkeletal age

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