Bone Loss and Osteoporosis

An Anthropological Perspective

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

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With the growing incidence of fragility fractures in Europe and North America over the last three decades, bone loss and osteoporosis have become active areas of research in skeletal biology. There has been increasing interest to investigate bone loss and osteoporosis from an anthropological perspective that utilizes a biocultural approach.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2012-09-16
Mått178 x 254 x 18 mm
Vikt518 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor240
Upplaga2003
FörlagSpringer-Verlag New York Inc.
ISBN9781461347088

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Veterinärmedicin inom Medicin
Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik

I. Current Concepts of Bone Loss and Osteoporosis.- Concepts of Bone Remodeling: A Unified Spatial and Temporal Model with Physiologic and Pathophysiologic Implications.- 2. On Changing Views about Age-Related Bone Loss.- 3. The Role of Bone Quality on Bone Loss and Fragility.- II. Population Approaches.- 4. Ethnic Differences in Bone Mass and Architecture.- 5. Bone Loss, Fracture Histories, and Body Composition Characteristics of Older Males.- 6. The Histomorphometry of the Subadult Rib: Age-Associated Changes in Bone Mass and the Creation of Peak Bone Mass.- III. Evolutionary Perspectives.- 7. An Evolutionary and Biocultural Approach to Understanding the Effects of Reproductive Factors on the Female Skeleton.- 8. Functional Adaptation and Fragility of the Skeleton.- 9. Effects of Vitamin D on Bone and Natural Selection of Skin Color: How Much Vitamin D Nutrition are We Talking About?.- IV. Bone Loss and Osteoporosis in Past Populations.- 10. Techniques for the Investigation of Age-Related Bone Loss and Osteoporosis in Archaeological Bone.- 11. Differentail Diagnoses of Intravitam and Postmortem Bone Loss at the Micro-Level.- 12. Histomorphology, Geometry, and Mechanical Loading in Past Populations.- 13. Bone Remodeling and Age-Associated Bone Loss in the Past: A Histomorphometric Analysis of the Imperial Roman Skeletal Population of Isola Sacra.

From the reviews: "This book aims to provide a physical anthropological perspective on osteoporosis by bringing together contributions from researchers with medical and anthropological backgrounds. ... it forms a user-friendly introduction to the bone biology involved and is a useful gateway to the vast medical literature on osteoporosis. It is also a valuable introduction to some of the methodology for studying osteoporosis in ancient remains ... . there is much in this book that is fresh and challenging and it fills a gap in the palaeopathology literature." (Simon Mays, International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Vol. 15 (3), 2005)