ArticleFrontiers in sports and active living2020
Biological Maturity Status in Elite Youth Soccer Players: A Comparison of Pragmatic Diagnostics With Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
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- Methods to predict the timing and status of biological maturation in male adolescent soccer players: A narrative systematic review.PloS one · 2023Pooled it
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- Comparative Analysis of Maturation Prediction Methods (Moore, Mirwald, BAUSportJournal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Article
- Assessment of Biological Age With Conventional Ultrasound Imaging as an Alternative to X-Ray-A Pilot Study in Youth Soccer.European journal of sport science · 2025Article
- Unveiling pathways: exploring chronological and maturational biases in a Spanish professional soccer academy.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
- Assessment of Performance in Youth Soccer Players: Should We Consider the Maturation Status?Journal of human kinetics · 2024Article
- The validity of automatic methods for estimating skeletal age in young athletes: a comparison of the BAUSport ultrasound system and BoneXpert with the radiographic method of Fels.Biology of sport · 2024Article
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- Ultrasound Imaging-Based Methods for Assessing Biological Maturity during Adolescence and Possible Application in Youth Sport: A Scoping Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Maturity-based correction mechanism for talent identification: When is it needed, does it work, and does it help to better predict who will make it to the pros?Journal of sports science & medicine · 2022Article
- Relative Age-Related Biases in Objective and Subjective Assessments of Performance in Talented Youth Soccer Players.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2021Article
- Nationwide Subjective and Objective Assessments of Potential Talent Predictors in Elite Youth Soccer: An Investigation of Prognostic Validity in a Prospective Study.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2021Article
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Abstract
The influence of biological maturity status (BMS) on talent identification and development within elite youth soccer is critically debated. During adolescence, maturity-related performance differences within the same age group may cause greater chances of being selected for early maturing players. Therefore, coaches need to consider players' BMS. While standard methods for assessing BMS in adolescents are expensive and time-consuming imaging techniques (i.e., X-ray and MRI), there also exist more pragmatic procedures. This study aimed to evaluate commonly used methods to assess BMS within a highly selected sample of youth soccer players. A total of
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