Morphological variations of the femoral head-neck junction in historical skeletal material.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Poirier's facet, Allen's fossa and femoral plague are the main morphological variations of the femoral head-neck junction. The study aimed to answer questions about the association between the shape of the proximal end of the femoral bone and acetabulum in bones with head-neck junction changes and the differences in shape and size between joints with the above changes and joints without ones.

Methods

The analyses were performed on the computed tomography scans (CTs) of the 52 sets of bones (femur and pelvic bone) from the Polish skeletal material dated to the 14th-19th centuries. Based on CTs, three-dimensional models of the femurs and pelvic bones were created and then analysed using linear measurements and a geometric morphometric approach. Analysis of variance

SUBMITTER: Myszka A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12535743 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature