Assessment of Sexual Maturity Stages in Girls and Boys: Pediatric Research in Office Settings, Department of Research

ISBN-13: 9781581104431 / Angielski / Spiralna / 2021 / 38 str.

Marcia Herman-Giddens

Opis

Age of onset of pubertal characteristics is important for medical, social, and public health reasons. This new manual is a revision from the PROS puberty study on girls in 1995 and the PROS puberty study on boys in 2005. It will assist you in learning how to assign the stages of physical development using the Marshall and Tanner system as well as correct techniques for breast palpation and testicular measurement.

Spis treści

• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Assessment of Sexual Maturity Stages in Girls
• Introduction
• Breast Maturity Ratings: The Tanner Photographs
• Pubic Hair Ratings: The Tanner Photographs
• Breast Maturity Ratings: The van Wieringen Photographs
• Pubic Hair Ratings: The can Wieringen Photographs
• Staging Breast Development
• Staging Pubic Hair Developments
• Staging Anxillary Hair Development
• Examination Techniques
• The Influence of Breast Types on Assessment of Stage of Development
• Assignment of Stages for Breast and Pubic Hair Development
• Assessment of Sexual Maturity Stages in Boys
• Introduction
• Genital Maturity Ratings: The Tanner Photographs
• Genital Maturity Ratings: The van Wieringen Photographs
• Staging Genital Development
• Staging Pubic Hair Growth
• Examples of Subtleties of Staging
• Staging Anxillary Hair Development
• Examination Techniques
• References