Main description:

This manual is a combination and revision from the assessment of sexual maturity stages developed for the PROS study on girls in 1995 and for the PROS puberty study on boys in 2005. It will assist the pediatric health care provider in learning how to assign the stages of the physical changes of pubertal development using the system described by Marshall and Tanner as well as correct techniques for breast palpitation and testicular measurement. This manual uses the classic photographs of Tanner and van Wieringen as well as many taken specifically for this resource.

Contents:

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