Spondylolysis in the past: A case study of hunter-gatherers from Southern Patagonia

Spondylolysis is a fracture of the pars interarticularis, the portion of the neural arch that lies between the superior articular facets and the inferior articular facets. Clinical evidence has suggested repetitive trauma to be the most probable cause, even though morphological weakness of the verte...

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Autores principales: D'angelo del Campo, Manuel Domingo, Suby, Jorge Alejandro, Garcia Laborde, Pamela, Guichon, Ricardo Anibal
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Publicado: Elsevier Inc. 2017
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/58769
http://suquia.ffyh.unc.edu.ar/handle/11336/58769
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topic LIFESTYLE
PARS INTERARTICULARIS
PAST POPULATIONS
SOUTHERN PATAGONIA
Historia
Historia y Arqueología
HUMANIDADES
spellingShingle LIFESTYLE
PARS INTERARTICULARIS
PAST POPULATIONS
SOUTHERN PATAGONIA
Historia
Historia y Arqueología
HUMANIDADES
D'angelo del Campo, Manuel Domingo
Suby, Jorge Alejandro
Garcia Laborde, Pamela
Guichon, Ricardo Anibal
Spondylolysis in the past: A case study of hunter-gatherers from Southern Patagonia
topic_facet LIFESTYLE
PARS INTERARTICULARIS
PAST POPULATIONS
SOUTHERN PATAGONIA
Historia
Historia y Arqueología
HUMANIDADES
description Spondylolysis is a fracture of the pars interarticularis, the portion of the neural arch that lies between the superior articular facets and the inferior articular facets. Clinical evidence has suggested repetitive trauma to be the most probable cause, even though morphological weakness of the vertebra is probably also involved. Prevalence is between 3% and 8% in modern populations, while in archaeological samples it varies from 0% to 71.4%. Considering that very little data about this condition is available in past populations from the southern extreme of South America, the aim of this paper is to analyze the spondylolysis in a human skeletal sample from Southern Patagonia and, at the same time, to explore the prevalence of spondylolysis in archaeological contexts around the world to gain a better understanding of the results presented here. The Southern Patagonian skeletal series analyzed here showed a prevalence of 20%, with lower prevalence in the pre contact sample (11.1%) than in the contact period (23.1%). Skeletons from the Salesian Mission “Nuestra Señora de La Candelaria” showed a higher prevalence (25%) than the sample of skeletal remains recovered from outside the mission (20%), suggesting that changes in lifestyle of hunter-gatherers during contact could be implicated in the development of spondylolysis in this sample. A worldwide survey displays a wide range of prevalence figures in American and Asian samples and low diversity between African and European populations. Hunter-gatherers from Southern Patagonia showed similar values to those observed in other American samples.
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author D'angelo del Campo, Manuel Domingo
Suby, Jorge Alejandro
Garcia Laborde, Pamela
Guichon, Ricardo Anibal
author_facet D'angelo del Campo, Manuel Domingo
Suby, Jorge Alejandro
Garcia Laborde, Pamela
Guichon, Ricardo Anibal
author_sort D'angelo del Campo, Manuel Domingo
title Spondylolysis in the past: A case study of hunter-gatherers from Southern Patagonia
title_short Spondylolysis in the past: A case study of hunter-gatherers from Southern Patagonia
title_full Spondylolysis in the past: A case study of hunter-gatherers from Southern Patagonia
title_fullStr Spondylolysis in the past: A case study of hunter-gatherers from Southern Patagonia
title_full_unstemmed Spondylolysis in the past: A case study of hunter-gatherers from Southern Patagonia
title_sort spondylolysis in the past: a case study of hunter-gatherers from southern patagonia
publisher Elsevier Inc.
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url http://hdl.handle.net/11336/58769
http://suquia.ffyh.unc.edu.ar/handle/11336/58769
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