Reliability of cervical vertebral maturation staging

Rainey, Billie-Jean, Burnside, Girvan ORCID: 0000-0001-7398-1346 and Harrison, Jayne E ORCID: 0000-0003-2742-9301 (2016) Reliability of cervical vertebral maturation staging. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ORTHODONTICS AND DENTOFACIAL ORTHOPEDICS, 150 (1). pp. 98-104.

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Abstract

<h4>Introduction</h4>Growth and its prediction are important for the success of many orthodontic treatments. The aim of this study was to determine the reliability of the cervical vertebral maturation (CVM) method for the assessment of mandibular growth.<h4>Methods</h4>A group of 20 orthodontic clinicians, inexperienced in CVM staging, was trained to use the improved version of the CVM method for the assessment of mandibular growth with a teaching program. They independently assessed 72 consecutive lateral cephalograms, taken at Liverpool University Dental Hospital, on 2 occasions. The cephalograms were presented in 2 different random orders and interspersed with 11 additional images for standardization. The intraobserver and interobserver agreement values were evaluated using the weighted kappa statistic.<h4>Results</h4>The intraobserver and interobserver agreement values were substantial (weighted kappa, 0.6-0.8). The overall intraobserver agreement was 0.70 (SE, 0.01), with average agreement of 89%. The interobserver agreement values were 0.68 (SE, 0.03) for phase 1 and 0.66 (SE, 0.03) for phase 2, with average interobserver agreement of 88%.<h4>Conclusions</h4>The intraobserver and interobserver agreement values of classifying the vertebral stages with the CVM method were substantial. These findings demonstrate that this method of CVM classification is reproducible and reliable.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Cervical Vertebrae, Humans, Observer Variation, Reproducibility of Results
Divisions:	Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	26 Aug 2014 09:38
Last Modified:	16 Dec 2022 16:30
DOI:	10.1016/j.ajodo.2015.12.013
Related URLs:	Author Publisher
URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/18455