Anthropological analysis of the skeletons discovered at Pecica “Rovine” (Arad County). Identification of certain occupational stress markers specific to horseback riding practice
Anthropological analysis of the skeletons discovered at Pecica “Rovine” (Arad County). Identification of certain occupational stress markers specific to horseback riding practice

Summary/Abstract: Enthesopathies represent changes to the insertion point of muscles and ligaments occurring in response to repeated mechanical actions. These occupational stress markers are frequently associated with the individuals’ daily activities. From the point of view of identifying such changes on bone areas, focus lay on the skeleton discovered in feature marked Cx_46a from the Pecica “Rovine” site. Namely, an adult individual, male, whose bones surface exhibits markers of occupational stress, related to the so-called “horseman syndrome”.

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