Occupational manual activity is reflected on the patterns among hand entheses

201780 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Fotios Alexandros Karakostis · Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment

Gerhard Hotz · Natural History Museum of Basel

Katerina Harvati · University of Tübingen

Abstract

Individuals involved in intense manual labor during their lifetime presented a distinctive pattern of hand entheses, consistent with the application of high grip force. By contrast, individuals with less strenuous and/or highly mechanized occupations showed an entheseal pattern related to the thumb intrinsic muscles.

Topics & Keywords

Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Decent work and economic growth

Publication Details

Published in: American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volume 164, Issue 1, pp. 30-40

DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23253

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