Detailed Information on Publication Record
2023
Occurrence of calcaneal spurs on skeletal remains of historical populations in the context of footwear development
VAŇATKOVÁ, Kateřina, Kateřina VYMAZALOVÁ, Lenka VARGOVÁ, Zdeněk TVRDÝ, Michal ERNÉE et. al.Basic information
Original name
Occurrence of calcaneal spurs on skeletal remains of historical populations in the context of footwear development
Authors
VAŇATKOVÁ, Kateřina (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Kateřina VYMAZALOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Lenka VARGOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Zdeněk TVRDÝ (203 Czech Republic), Michal ERNÉE (203 Czech Republic) and Robin PĚNIČKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)
Edition
Anthropologischer Anzeiger, Stuttgart, Schweizerbart, 2023, 0003-5548
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Článek v odborném periodiku
Field of Study
50404 Antropology, ethnology
Country of publisher
Germany
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
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Impact factor
Impact factor: 0.500 in 2022
RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14110/23:00130669
Organization unit
Faculty of Medicine
UT WoS
000944170900001
Keywords in English
calcaneus; exostoses; history; foot; footwear; spur
Tags
International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 12/3/2024 10:44, Mgr. Tereza Miškechová
Abstract
V originále
This communication is focused on monitoring the occurrence of plantar and dorsal exostoses (spurs) on the cal-canei of skeletons from various dated historical periods. A total of 361 calcanei from 268 individuals were evaluated (pre-historic sites - Podivin, Modrice, Mikulovice; mediaeval sites - Olomouc-Nemilany, Trutmanice; modern age sites - the former Municipal Cemetery in Brno in Mala Nova Street, collections of the Department of Anatomy, Masaryk University, Brno). Differences in period footwear for individual population samples were taken into account when interpreting the findings. Health defects were sought for individual types of historical footwear, which could have a causal connection with the occurrence of exostoses on the calcanei. Plantar calcaneal spur occurred most frequently in the mediaeval population (23.5%; N = 51), less frequently in prehistory (14.1%; N = 85) and least in modern times (9.8%; N = 132). Similar results were observed for dorsal calcaneal spur in the attachment of the Achilles tendon, but with higher values. In the Middle Ages, its incidence was highest (47.0%; N = 51), followed by prehistoric times (32.9%; N = 85), with the least found from the modern age (19.9%; N = 132). However, the results obtained correspond only to a certain extent to the defects in foot- wear in the relevant historical period.