Tanner–Whitehouse Skeletal Ages in Male Youth Soccer Players: TW2 or TW3?

The Tanner–Whitehouse radius-ulna-short bone protocol (TW2 RUS) for the assessment of skeletal age (SA) is widely used to estimate the biological (skeletal) maturity status of children and adolescents. The scale for converting TW RUS ratings to an SA has been revised (TW3 RUS) and has implications for studies of youth athletes in age-group sports. The aim of this study was to compare TW2 and TW3 RUS SAs in an international sample of male youth...