BASIC Study: Bone Age Study in Children (version 1)
Research type
Research Study
Full title
The BASIC Study (Bone Age Study In Children): A simple intervention to improve the quality of bone age x-rays.
IRAS ID
131192
Contact name
Charlotte Elder
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Research summary
The study of left wrist/hand X-rays can help children’s doctors to ascertain the age of a child’s skeleton, know how much growing they still have to do and predict how tall they will be as an adult. The X-ray requires the child to keep their hand flat and still and in the correct orientation. Some children, especially young ones, find this difficult and therefore the quality of the X-ray can mean that aging the skeleton is difficult and may require the X-ray to be taken again.
This study will see if the introduction of a hand outline on the X-ray plate on which the child rests their hand will improve the quality of the X-ray and reduce exposure to additional radiation by not having x-rays repeated. The child will be asked to stretch their hand flat to match the outline, thus ensuring the correct position.
REC name
Yorkshire & The Humber - Sheffield Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
14/YH/0012
Date of REC Opinion
14 Mar 2014
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion