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August 9, 2026BMC Sports Science Medicine and RehabilitationOpen Access

Anthropometric PHV-prediction models versus skeletal age in elite Chinese U12–U13 male soccer players: a cross-sectional study

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YLYue LiHLHaipeng LiYSYi Song

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Cross-sectional study evaluates maturity measurement methods in elite Chinese youth soccer players, suggesting improvements for monitoring.

Key Points

  • This study aims to compare the effectiveness of anthropometric peak height velocity (PHV) models with skeletal age (SA) assessments for measuring maturity in elite Chinese U12–U13 male soccer players.
  • Cross-sectional analysis involving 313 elite male soccer players (123 U12, 190 U13)
  • Utilized anthropometric measurements and left hand-wrist radiography to assess SA
  • Employed statistical analyses including correlation, one-way ANOVA, and ROC analysis to evaluate models against SA.
  • SA showed excellent inter-rater reliability (U12 ICC = 0.967; U13 ICC = 0.992)
  • Correlation between APHV and SO was negative (r = −0.797 to −0.651), while MO positively correlated with SA (r = 0.573 to 0.716; p < 0.001)
  • APHV models demonstrated better overall performance in differentiating SA maturity groups with AUC values between 0.757 to 0.964.

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Li et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a782cfa2e1896536c83fbafhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s13102-026-01931-2
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