Evolutionary roots of the risk of hip fracture in humans

Hadas Leah Avni; Nir Shvalb; Ariel Pokhojaev; Samuel Francis; Ruth Pelleg-Kallevag; Victoria Roul; Jean-Jacques Hublin; Frank Rühli; Hila May

doi:10.1038/s42003-023-04633-4

Communications Biology (Mar 2023)

Evolutionary roots of the risk of hip fracture in humans

Hadas Leah Avni,
Nir Shvalb,
Ariel Pokhojaev,
Samuel Francis,
Ruth Pelleg-Kallevag,
Victoria Roul,
Jean-Jacques Hublin,
Frank Rühli,
Hila May

Affiliations

Hadas Leah Avni: Department of Anatomy and Anthropology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
Nir Shvalb: Mechanical Engineering Department, Ariel University
Ariel Pokhojaev: Department of Anatomy and Anthropology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
Samuel Francis: Department of Anatomy and Anthropology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
Ruth Pelleg-Kallevag: Department of Anatomy and Anthropology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
Victoria Roul: Department of Anatomy and Anthropology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
Jean-Jacques Hublin: Chaire de Paléoanthropologie, CIRB (UMR 7241 – U1050), Collège de France
Frank Rühli: Institute of Evolutionary Medicine, University of Zurich
Hila May: Department of Anatomy and Anthropology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-04633-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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This study demonstrates how proximal femoral adaptations to bipedal locomotion and lifestyles impact the risk of intracapsular hip fracture, independent of osteoporosis

Published in Communications Biology

ISSN: 2399-3642 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsbio/

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