RT Journal
A1 Parikh, Shital N.
A1 Wells, Lawrence
A1 Mehlman, Charles T.
A1 Scherl, Susan A.
T1 Management of Fractures in Adolescents
JF The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
JO The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
YR 2010
FD December 15
VO 92
IS 18
SP 2947
OP 2958
DO 
UL http://dx.doi.org/
AB 
Adolescence is defined as a transition phase between childhood and adulthood. It encompasses puberty (a period of rapid growth and hormonal changes), which includes an acceleration phase of growth (for about two years), a peak (peak height velocity), and a deceleration phase (for one to two years). The mean age at the time of the peak height velocity is twelve years (typical range, ten to fourteen years) for girls and fourteen years (typical range, twelve to sixteen years) for boys. Typically, girls who are more than fourteen years of age and boys who are more than sixteen years of age are considered skeletally mature and can undergo treatment similar to that for their adult counterparts. For the sake of this article, girls from eight to fourteen years old and boys from ten to sixteen years old will be considered adolescents1,2.