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The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume
Vol. 44-B, Issue 1 | Pages 42 - 67
1 Feb 1962
Tupman GS

1. A study of the average rate of growth of the legs and trunk of 202 normal average maturing children is presented.

2. The annual growth of the limbs and trunk was related to the skeletal age of each child, and the increments of growth per skeletal year subjected to statistical analysis.

3. Methods of growth prediction of leg length and mature height have been derived and the practical application of the investigation to orthopaedic surgery is discussed.


The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume
Vol. 42-B, Issue 3 | Pages 489 - 501
1 Aug 1960
Tupman GS

1. The results are reported of a series of operations designed to stimulate growth of the bones of the lower limb by the insertion of pegs of bone or ivory close to the epiphysial cartilage.

2. The evidence is that growth was stimulated in twelve of twenty-eight patients.

3. Growth is more likely to be stimulated if the operation is done on children between the chronological ages of six and twelve.


The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume
Vol. 35-B, Issue 4 | Pages 590 - 592
1 Nov 1953
Tupman GS