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DOI	10.1002/oa.2894
	Proximal femur fractures among a medieval Christian population of northern Sudan: prevalence and aetiology
	Ciesielska, Joanna A.; Stark, Robert J.
通讯作者	Ciesielska, JA
来源期刊	INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OSTEOARCHAEOLOGY
ISSN	1047-482X
EISSN	1099-1212
出版年	2020
卷号	30 期号:5 页码:642-655
英文摘要	The current paper investigates the prevalence and aetiology of proximal femur fractures in two temporally distinctive groups of medieval Christian Nubia: the monastic community (ca. late 7th to half of 13th c. AD) and a later group of post-monastic, intrusive interments (ca. 13th c. AD) from Cemetery 2 at Ghazali, northern Sudan. Four cases of proximal femur fractures were identified macroscopically among the skeletal remains of 86 adult individuals and subjected to detailed investigation of underlying aetiology due to the unusual demographic characteristics of the individuals. The proximal femora were subjected to radiographic examination and classification of trauma using the AO/Orthopaedic Trauma Association (OTA) system, and the prevalence of fractures was calculated. Among the 77 adult individuals examined from the Monastic Phase of Cemetery 2, three cases of hip fractures were identified, a prevalence of 3.9%, whereas only one was identified among the nine post-monastic individuals, which accounts for 11.1% of the total sample. All of the recognized fractures belong to the extracapsular type. Analysis of the mechanisms of fracture in the four studied individuals from Ghazali, despite the relatively young age of male individuals, does not exclude osteoporotic background resulting in stress-induced fragility trauma. Considering the demographic profile of the deceased and observed comorbidities, it is concluded that sustained fractures were the result of high-impact injuries connected with demanding physical activity in the harsh Bayuda desert environment.
英文关键词	Christian Nubia hip fracture palaeopathology Sudan trauma
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SSCI ; AHCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000545036700001
WOS关键词	BONE-MINERAL DENSITY ; HIP FRACTURE ; EXCESS MORTALITY ; SKELETAL AGE ; FEMORAL-NECK ; EPIDEMIOLOGY ; OSTEOPOROSIS ; WOMEN ; RISK ; TRAUMA
WOS类目	Anthropology ; Archaeology
WOS研究方向	Anthropology ; Archaeology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/324913
作者单位	[Ciesielska, Joanna A.] Univ Warsaw, Polish Ctr Mediterranean Archaeol, Warsaw, Poland; [Stark, Robert J.] McMaster Univ, Dept Anthropol, Hamilton, ON, Canada
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Ciesielska, Joanna A.,Stark, Robert J.. Proximal femur fractures among a medieval Christian population of northern Sudan: prevalence and aetiology[J],2020,30(5):642-655.
APA	Ciesielska, Joanna A.,&Stark, Robert J..(2020).Proximal femur fractures among a medieval Christian population of northern Sudan: prevalence and aetiology.INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OSTEOARCHAEOLOGY,30(5),642-655.
MLA	Ciesielska, Joanna A.,et al."Proximal femur fractures among a medieval Christian population of northern Sudan: prevalence and aetiology".INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OSTEOARCHAEOLOGY 30.5(2020):642-655.