Osteoporosis and vertebral trabecular bone health: an historico-anthropological perspective
Osteoporosis and vertebral trabecular bone health: an historico-anthropological perspective
Author(s): Francesco M. Galassi, Elena VarottoSubject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: osteoporosis; trabecular bone; endocrinology; history of anthropology; biological anthropology; palaeopathology
Summary/Abstract: This brief review article aims to recapitulate the history of osteoporosis from the most ancient observations to the current clinical definition, by offering a perspective on trabecular bone health and degeneration, which has become of paramount important both in clinical, radiological and biological anthropological studies.
Journal: Anthropological Review
- Issue Year: 86/2023
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 17-22
- Page Count: 17
- Language: English