Maureen Schaefer

Michigan State University | MSU · Department of Radiology

Dry bone documentation of epiphyseal union times is scarcely represented within the literature due to the difficulties in obtaining large sample sizes of known-age, juvenile osseous material. The identified missing from the recent conflicts in the former Yugoslavia has become a source for such a sample. This study investigates the union times of 26...

The utility of epiphyseal union as a means of estimating the age of juvenile remains is well known and documented. Less thoroughly investigated, however equally valuable, is the application of epiphyseal union in the recognition and sorting of commingled remains (Buikstra et al. 1984; L?Abbe 2005; Owsley et al. 1995; Schaefer and Black 2007). Detec...

The presence of accessory osseous material within a seemingly single individual assemblage has the potential to result in misidentification of the remains. Detection of nonrelated material relies on the anthropologist being able to recognize incongruities among the elements. Inconsistencies in developmental status provide evidence to suggest that c...

While previous studies have investigated the effect of shoe-surface interaction on injury risk, few studies have examined the effect of shoe rotational stiffness. The hypothesis of the current study was that ankles externally rotated to failure in shoes with low rotational stiffness would allow more talus eversion than those in shoes with a higher...

This study examines the accuracy of the Pyle and Hoerr radiographic atlas technique in an effort to document the extent of normal variation associated with developmental timings in the knee for purposes of age estimation. The atlas has been previously tested; however, accuracy rates were produced from a dataset, which spread in age from mostly 7-16...

The utility of epiphyseal union as a means of estimating the chronological age of juvenile remains is well known and documented. Less thoroughly investigated, however equally valuable, is the application of epiphyseal union in the recognition and sorting of commingled remains. Detection of commingled remains is most easily accomplished through the...

Ankle sprain is a common occurrence in sports, accounting for 10–30% of injuries9. Injury to the lateral ligamentous complex occurs under excessive foot inversion and is known as a “lateral ankle sprain”1. Injury to the anterior deltoid ligament (ADL), which consists of the tibionavicular ligament (TiNL) and the anterior tibiotalar ligament (ATiTL)...

This chapter provides a pictorial description of the various constituents of the head and neck. It starts with describing the fetal skull providing anterior, lateral, superior, and basal descriptions. The occipital is discussed with identification and orientation of the pars squama, pars lateralis, and pars basilaris. A comparison between the left...

This chapter is designed to present an overview on summaries, recording forms, and practical sequencing information. Summary illustrations are provided to serve as a quick source for obtaining useful aging information on each bone. Aging forms have been designed to provide practical parameters for estimating age based on the observed status of vari...

Growth of four variables of the femur (diapyseal length, diaphyseal length plus distal epiphysis, maximum length and vertical diameter of the head) was analyzed by polynomial regression for the purpose of evaluating its significance and capacity for age and sex determination throughout the entire life continuum. Materials included in analysis consi...

The accurate determination of age at death is a critical component in the analysis of human skeletal remains. Population specific techniques are often used without due consideration of the provenance of the material being studied. This communication considers the ages at which epiphyseal union occur in young Bosnian males and compares those finding...

The accurate determination of age at death is a critical component in the analysis of human skeletal remains. Population specific techniques are often used without due consideration of the provenance of the material being studied. This communication considers the ages at which epiphyseal union occur in young Bosnian males and compares those finding...