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Is x-ray of the left wrist to see growth potential is 100% accurate? i've heard that while some growth plates in the body are closed some of them can still be open?
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Wrist/hand x-rays have been the standard for predicting growth potential for 5+ decades. There are dozens of growth plates in that area and there are standards for stages of maturity gauged from toddlers to adulthood. Their stages correspond to the important growth plates in legs/vertebrae that determine height. When they are all closed no further growth is expected. Believe otherwise if you wish
Answered 5/14/2021
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