Skeletal Age Maturation Clinical Trial
Official title:
Bone Age Study In Children (BASIC): A Simple Intervention to Improve the Quality of Bone Age X-rays
This study will see if the introduction of a hand outline on the Xray plate on which the child rests their hand will improve the quality of the Xray and reduce exposure to additional radiation by not having xrays repeated. The child will be asked to stretch their hand flat to match the outline, thus ensuring the correct position.
The study of left wrist/hand Xrays can help children's doctors to ascertain the age of a
child's skeleton, know how much growing they still have to do and predict how tall they will
be as an adult. The Xray requires the child to keep their hand flat and still and in the
correct orientation. Some children, especially young ones, find this difficult and therefore
the quality of the Xray can mean that aging the skeleton is difficult and may require the
Xray to be taken again.
This study will see if the introduction of a hand outline on the Xray plate on which the
child rests their hand will improve the quality of the Xray and reduce exposure to additional
radiation by not having xrays repeated. The child will be asked to stretch their hand flat to
match the outline, thus ensuring the correct position.
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