Determination of Epiphyseal Union Age in the Knee and Hand Joints Bones among the Saudi Population in Taif City

Table 5

Some of the previous studies that were done at the knee and hand regions.

Author	Year	Population	Number of sample	Number of stages	Knee joint	Hand joints
Washburn [22]	1958	US	450	5	Males: 22-23	- - - - - - - - - -
Garn et al. [21]	1961	US	107	3	- - - - - - - - - -	Males: 15.9–16.4; Females: 13.6–14.6
Schaefer and Black [23]	2005	Bosnian	114	5	Males: 17–20	- - - - - - - - - -
O’Connor et al. [1]	2008	Irish	234	5	Males: 17–18.9; Females: 17–17.9	- - - - - - - - - -
Bhise et al. [17]	2011	Indian	299	5	- - - - - - - - - -	Males: 16–18; Females: 15–17

indicates the use of bone remains instead of imaging studies; the studies were chronologically ordered.