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- Title
RARE CALCANEUS ANOMALIES.
- Authors
Hegyi, A.; Molnár, E.; Marcsik, A.
- Abstract
The Sever's disease, or apophysitis of the calcaneus, is a common anomaly in children between 10 and 14 years of age. Calcaneal apophysis is the secondary ossification centre that serves as the site of insertion for the Achilles tendon and the origin of the plantar aponeurosis (fascia). Excessive use of these structures in young adolescents may also result in calcaneal apophysitis. There are no known long term complications associated with the Sever's disease, because this condition is thought to be self limiting -- it will disappear when the two parts of the bony growth join together. Although it is a relatively common problem in growing children nowadays, there are no descriptions of this anomaly in the palaeopathological literature. In this study we present four examples of the supposed Sever's disease in skeletal materials coming from Avar period (7-9th c. AD) of Hungary.
- Subjects
HEEL bone; BONE diseases in children; OSSIFICATION; ACHILLES tendon; PALEOPATHOLOGY; DISEASES
- Publication
Papers on Anthropology, 2005, Vol 14, p62
- ISSN
1406-0140
- Publication type
Article