occurrence of degenerative joint disease in the radius: analysis

TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS…………………………………………………………………………………………ii
LIST OF TABLES………………………………………………………………………………………………vi
LIST OF FIGURES……………………………………………………………………………………………vii
ABSTRACT………………………………………………………………………………………………………………viii
CHAPTER
1 INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………1
Literature Review…………………………………4
Paleopathology…………………………………………5
Joint Function and
Degenerative Joint Disease…………7
Degenerative Joint Disease
Among Late Woodland Ossuary
Populations…………………………………………………14
Other Studies……………………………………………17
2 MATERIALS AND METHODS……………………………………22
3 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION…………………………………26
Minimum Number of
Individuals…………………………………………………26
Measurements of Adult and
Juvenile Radii…………………………………………28
Observations and Quantitative
Analysis of Porosity, Lipping,
and Eburnation on Adult Radii
for the Poole-Rose Ossuary…………29
Pitting……………………………………………………………30
Lipping……………………………………………………………33
Eburnation……………………………………………………37
Side……………………………………………………………………43
Discussion……………………………………………………45
Other Poole-Rose Ossuary
Results……………………………………………………………49
Other Studies……………………………………………50
4 CONCLUSIONS………………………………………………………………54
REFERENCES CITED…………………………………………………………………………………………57
VITA…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………61
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