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A foot deformity from a Romano‐British cemetery at Gloucester, England, and the current evidence for talipes in palaeopathology
Author(s) -
Roberts C. A.,
Knüsel C. J.,
Race L.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
international journal of osteoarchaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1099-1212
pISSN - 1047-482X
DOI - 10.1002/oa.723
Subject(s) - fibula , clubfoot , deformity , foot (prosody) , tibia , medicine , paleopathology , foot deformity , femur , anatomy , sternum , orthodontics , surgery , pathology , philosophy , linguistics
A male skeleton from the Romano‐British site at Kingsholm, Gloucester, is described with abnormalities in the humerus, femur, tibia, fibula and foot. Computed tomography of the femora to enable cross‐sectional analysis suggested altered normal gait to compensate for the deformity. Differential diagnoses are considered and a diagnosis of clubfoot deformity is suggested. Palaeopathological evidence for clubfoot is rare in the literature but the cases reported to date are reviewed. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.