Prevalence and distribution of ossification of the ligamenta flava in a 16th–18th century skeletal population sample from Poland

IF 1.3 3区 地球科学 Q3 PALEONTOLOGY
Kamil Mrożek , Justyna Marchewka , Beata Borowska , Alicja Budnik
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Abstract

Objective

This study aimed to determine the prevalence of the ossification of the ligamenta flava (OLF) among skeletal remains from Poland.

Materials and methods

124 skeletons aged 25 years and older were analyzed. The presence and size of OLF were observed macroscopically. OLF was recorded at the cranial and caudal attachment sites of each vertebra. The following factors were analyzed: age at death, sex, and presence of other spondyloarthropathies.

Results

The crude prevalence of OLF in the analyzed series was 68.55 %. OLF was located most frequently in the lower thoracic spine. A statistically significant relationship was observed between the presence of OLF and age at death. OLF coincided with degenerative spondyloarthropathies of the thoracolumbar spine.

Conclusions

The results of this study indicate that OLF was not a rare condition in past populations of European ancestry. Analysis of OLF prevalence in skeletal materials can contribute to reconstruction of the conditions and lifestyles of past people.

Significance

This study shed new light on the prevalence of OLF and provides information on the variability of OLF in past European populations. The evaluation of the prevalence of OLF represents an important contribution to the field of paleopathology in understanding disease changes in prehistoric and historic human populations.

Limitations

The analyzed material came from unknown populations without demographic data. Sex and age at death were assessed using standard anthropological methods.

Suggestions for further research

It is important to understand the influence of sociocultural factors and physical activity patterns on the development of OLF.

16 - 18世纪波兰骨骼种群样本黄韧带骨化的流行和分布
目的本研究旨在确定波兰骨骼遗骸中黄韧带骨化(OLF)的患病率。材料与方法对124具年龄在25岁及以上的骨骼进行了分析。宏观观察黄韧带的存在及大小。在每个椎体的头部和尾端附着部位记录黄韧带骨化。分析以下因素:死亡年龄、性别和是否存在其他脊椎关节病。结果分析人群黄韧带骨化率为68.55%。黄韧带骨化最常见于胸椎下部。黄韧带骨化与死亡年龄之间有统计学意义的关系。黄韧带骨化与退行性胸腰椎关节病同时发生。结论本研究结果表明,黄韧带骨化在过去的欧洲血统人群中并不罕见。分析骨性材料中黄韧带骨化的患病率有助于重建过去人们的状况和生活方式。这项研究揭示了黄韧带骨化的患病率,并提供了过去欧洲人群黄韧带骨化变异性的信息。对黄韧带骨化患病率的评估是对古病理学领域理解史前和历史人类群体疾病变化的重要贡献。分析的材料来自没有人口统计数据的未知人群。使用标准人类学方法评估死亡时的性别和年龄。进一步研究建议了解社会文化因素和体育活动模式对黄韧带骨化的影响是非常重要的。
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2.90
自引率
25.00%
发文量
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期刊介绍: Paleopathology is the study and application of methods and techniques for investigating diseases and related conditions from skeletal and soft tissue remains. The International Journal of Paleopathology (IJPP) will publish original and significant articles on human and animal (including hominids) disease, based upon the study of physical remains, including osseous, dental, and preserved soft tissues at a range of methodological levels, from direct observation to molecular, chemical, histological and radiographic analysis. Discussion of ways in which these methods can be applied to the reconstruction of health, disease and life histories in the past is central to the discipline, so the journal would also encourage papers covering interpretive and theoretical issues, and those that place the study of disease at the centre of a bioarchaeological or biocultural approach. Papers dealing with historical evidence relating to disease in the past (rather than history of medicine) will also be published. The journal will also accept significant studies that applied previously developed techniques to new materials, setting the research in the context of current debates on past human and animal health.
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