The changing shape of palaeopathology: The contribution of skeletal shape analyses to investigations of pathological conditions

RJ Gilmour, KA Plomp - American Journal of Biological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Analyses of human skeletal shape and geometry are used to investigate questions related to
habitual activities and physical lifeways, as well as biological distance and relatedness …

[HTML][HTML] Poliomyelitis

JG Wolbert, M Rajnik, HM Swinkels… - StatPearls …, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Poliomyelitis - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf US flag An official website of the United States
government Here's how you know NIH NLM Logo Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI …

Beyond mortality: Survivors of epidemic infections and the bioarchaeology of impairment and disability

H Battles, R Gilmour - Bioarchaeology International, 2022 - journals.upress.ufl.edu
Epidemics and pandemics are typically discussed in terms of morbidity and mortality,
susceptibility and immunity, and social responses to and impacts of the immediate epidemic …

[BOOK][B] Fatal jump: Tracking the origins of pandemics

L Reperant - 2023 - books.google.com
Exploring the fateful chains of events that gave rise to humanity's infectious diseases and
pandemics. Why do global pandemics materialize? To address this question, we must delve …

An identified case of poliomyelitis: contribution to diagnosis in ancient human remains

S Gómez-González, L González-Garrido… - Anthropological …, 2024 - jstage.jst.go.jp
This article describes the skeletal remains of a 20th-century individual diagnosed with po‐
liomyelitis in childhood who suffered from atrophy and muscle weakness as an adult. The …

Forgotten and found: A case of childhood rickets in the 19th-century settler village of Heuvelton, New York

MC Pitre, M Mant, T Abel, LJ Wood - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective To evaluate pathological lesions suggesting the presence of rickets and to place
the diagnosis into bioarchaeological and historical context. Materials The remains of a 3 …

A depiction of poliomyelitis in a 17th-century Piedmontese fresco?

P Mazzarello, E Varotto, FM Galassi - Neurological Sciences, 2024 - Springer
Introduction A potential representation of poliomyelitis is investigated in an Italian artwork.
Materials and Methods A 17th century Piedmontese fresco is analyzed by combining …

[HTML][HTML] The relationship between cartilage thickness and muscle thickness or leg length discrepancy in poliomyelitis sequelae

A Uysal, M Güntel, HÖ Dede - Journal of Musculoskeletal & …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objectives: To evaluate the relationship between cartilage loss and differences in muscle
thickness and/or leg length in poliomyelitis sequelae (PMS). Our study is the first to evaluate …

Documentation of Preservation

BM Rothschild, D Surmik, F Bertozzo - … Epidemiology: Let there be light, the …, 2023 - Springer
Non-osseous structures preserved in the fossil record provide additional clues to pathology.
Preserved non-osseous structures include uroliths, gallstones, bezoars, regurgitalites …

Madelung-type deformity in a female individual from the Merovingian Period in Central Germany: A rare finding or a rare disease?

J Nováček, C Tannhäuser… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective This paper presents a probable case of Madelung-type deformity of the right lower
arm in an individual from the Merovingian burial ground (7th and 8 th century CE) from …