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- DISH in an individual from the Portuguese Navy (18th-19th centuries)Publication . Antunes-Ferreira, Nathalie; Marques, Carina; Prates, Carlos; Alves-Cardoso, FranciscaIn 2005 the crypt of Espírito Santo Chapel (Loures, Portugal) was excavated. Forty-nine primary inhumations, comprising 37 adults (27 females; 10 males) and 12 non-adults were identified. Inhumations took place between 1561 and 1834. An adult male (> 35 years old) (Burial 1-Crypt 3) was individualized as belonging to the Portuguese Navy, based on the recovery of an uniform button associated with the burial. This individual exhibited exuberant bone lesions, affecting the vertebral region, sacroiliac joint, and extraspinal entheses. Bone changes were recorded macroscopically and complemented with radiological exam. The bone alterations are compatible with a diagnosis of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH), according to Rogers and Waldron criteria.
- Extracapsular fracture of the femur in an elderly male from Setúbal (Portugal)Publication . Antunes-Ferreira, Nathalie; Prates, Carlos; Curate, FranciscoHip fractures were certainly present in past communities, if not reasonably frequent. Often an outcome of osteoporosis and increased risk of falling among the elderly, these fractures affect predominantly older women but also aged men. In this case-study, an extracapsular fracture of the femur in an elderly man is described and contextualized.
- Extracapsular fracture of the femur in an elderly male from the Church of Nossa Senhora da Anunciada (Setúbal, Portugal)Publication . Antunes-Ferreira, Nathalie; Prates, Carlos; Curate, FranciscoIn modern populations, hip fractures in older people are associated with high morbidity and mortality. Their incidence is rising; notwithstanding, fractures of the proximal femur are still relatively uncommon in archeological contexts. This case study represents a well-healed hip fracture in an aged male skeleton from Church of Nossa Senhora da Anunciada (16th–19th centuries AD) in Setúbal (Portugal). The individual was also diagnosed with diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis. Fractures of the proximal femur are usually associated with bone loss but in this case other causes are proposed, including the anatomy of the proximal femur, and the potential combined effect of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis, cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus and falls.
- Interpreting injury recidivism in a rural post-medieval male individual from Bucelas, PortugalPublication . Antunes-Ferreira, Nathalie; Prates, Carlos; Curate, FranciscoInjury recidivism studies assess the lived experience of individuals who endure multiple traumatic incidents, conveying a nuanced contextualization of individual suffering within a reticulate of social and cultural processes. During a recent archaeological excavation, a skeleton of a middle-aged male dating to the 17th–18th centuries AD was excavated in the churchyard of the Chapel of the Holy Spirit in Bucelas (Portugal). This individual exhibited a mixture of healed and healing fractures that prompted poor functional long-term outcomes and an increase in the risk of death. Macroscopic and medical imaging (computerized tomography) analyses revealed lesions in the right shoulder, right and left ribs, fifth right proximal phalanx and right distal femur. Fracture complications include myositis ossificans and chronic osteomyelitis. The results are interpreted in the broader sociocultural circumstances of Bucelas during the early modern period, in order to investigate the causes of this individual's accumulated trauma and the possibility of health-related care associated with it.