Quantifying cortical bone in fragmentary archeological second metacarpals.
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Bone Density
/ physiology
Cortical Bone
/ diagnostic imaging
Female
Humans
Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted
/ methods
Male
Metacarpal Bones
/ diagnostic imaging
Middle Aged
Osteoporosis
/ diagnostic imaging
Radiography
/ methods
Reproducibility of Results
Young Adult
age-related bone loss
cortical bone loss
digital X-ray radiogrammetry
paleopathology
second metacarpal radiogrammetry
skeletal preservation
Journal
American journal of physical anthropology
ISSN: 1096-8644
Titre abrégé: Am J Phys Anthropol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0400654
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
04 2021
04 2021
Historique:
revised:
23
11
2020
received:
08
08
2020
accepted:
25
01
2021
pubmed:
14
2
2021
medline:
4
5
2021
entrez:
13
2
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Skeletal variation in cortical bone thickness is an indicator of bone quality and health in archeological populations. Second metacarpal radiogrammetry, which measures cortical thickness at the shaft midpoint, is traditionally used to evaluate bone loss in bioarcheological and some clinical contexts. However fragmentary elements are regularly omitted because the midpoint cannot be determined. This methodological limitation reduces sample sizes and biases them against individuals prone to fracture, such as older individuals with low bone mass. This study introduces a new technique for measuring cortical bone in second metacarpals, the "Region of Interest" (ROI) method, which quantifies bone in archeological remains with less-than-ideal preservation while accounting for cortical heterogeneity. The ROI method was adapted from digital X-ray radiogrammetry (DXR), a clinical method used to estimate bone mineral density, and tested using second metacarpals from Middenbeemster, Netherlands, a 19th century known age and sex skeletal collection. The ROI method quantifies cortical bone area within a 1.9 cm-long, mid-diaphyseal region, standardized for body size differences using total area (CAI CAI The ROI method complements traditional radiogrammetry analyses and provides a reliable way to quantify cortical bone in incomplete second metacarpals, thereby maximizing sample sizes, allowing patterns in bone acquisition and loss to be more comprehensively depicted in archeological assemblages.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
812-821Informations de copyright
© 2021 Wiley Periodicals LLC.
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