Osteoarthritis in a Black Death cemetery in London

Bibliographic Data

ID4684359
AuthorsTony Waldron (0000-0002-5245-8799, Museum of London Archaeology, corresponding author)
Year1992
Volume2
Issue3
Pages235-240
Publication date1992-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Osteoarchaeology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1047-482X • E-ISSN: 1099-1212
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/oa.1390020307
OpenAlexW2143392504
LanguageEN
Citations received14
References cited10

Age-specific prevalence rates were determined in a group of skeletons recovered from a Black Death plague pit in London. The disease showed the expected increase in prevalence with age but these rates were lower than those in the contemporary population and the disease was more frequent in men than in women. In the majority of cases the disease affected one joint only and there were no cases of generalized osteoarthritis. The sites most commonly affected were the facet joints of the spine, the acromioclavicular joint and the hands; there were relatively few cases in which the large joints were affected but the knee was slightly more frequently affected than the hip

Disease · Joint disease · Osteoarthritis · Paleopathology · Pathology · Population · Demography · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Medicine · Rabies epidemiology and control · Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research · Internal Medicine · Surgery

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