Department of Anthropology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Department of Anthropology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Chemistry Department, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium; Archaeology Department, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
Int J Paleopathol. 2023 Mar;40:63-69. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpp.2022.12.006. Epub 2022 Dec 29.
This project aims to provide an objective approach to suggesting cases of adolescent rickets using the presence of anterior sacral angulation and interglobular dentine.
Sacra from 49 individuals from Hattem and 150 individuals from Middenbeemster, and second and third molars from five individuals from Hattem were analyzed. Both sites date to the 17th to 19th centuries.
The sacra were visually assessed for sacral angulation and measured to quantify anterior sacral angulation. The sampled molars were thin sectioned to look for the presence of interglobular dentine.
Metric analysis determined that seven individuals had significantly anteriorly angled sacra. Three of the five individuals with sampled molars had interglobular dentine formed during adolescence.
Adolescent rickets may be associated with anterior sacral angulation.
Anterior sacral angulation may help identify possible cases of adolescent rickets in archaeological human remains.
The small sample size for the molars prevented the identification of more individuals with interglobular dentine present during adolescence. Several individuals with visibly angled sacra were unmeasurable due to post-mortem damage and lacked molars.
Research on a larger sample would allow us to understand better the association between anterior sacral angulation and adolescent rickets.
本项目旨在通过前骶骨倾斜度和球间牙本质的存在，提供一种客观的方法来提示青少年佝偻病的病例。
分析了来自哈滕的 49 个人和米登贝斯特的 150 个人的骶骨，以及来自哈滕的 5 个人的第二和第三磨牙。这两个地点都可以追溯到 17 至 19 世纪。
肉眼评估骶骨的骶骨倾斜度并进行测量，以量化前骶骨倾斜度。对取样的磨牙进行薄片观察，以寻找球间牙本质的存在。
度量分析确定了 7 个人的骶骨明显向前倾斜。在有取样磨牙的 5 个人中，有 3 个人在青春期形成了球间牙本质。
青少年佝偻病可能与前骶骨倾斜有关。
前骶骨倾斜度可能有助于在考古人类遗骸中识别可能的青少年佝偻病病例。
磨牙的样本量小，无法识别更多在青春期存在球间牙本质的个体。由于死后损伤和缺乏磨牙，几个可见的骶骨倾斜的个体无法测量。
对更大样本的研究将使我们能够更好地了解前骶骨倾斜与青少年佝偻病之间的关系。
