Broken Bones: Anthropological Analysis of Blunt Force TraumaAlison Galloway |
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... result of low - veloci- ty forces . The direction of the spiral indicates the direction of the torsional forces ( Gonza 1982 ) and can be used to reconstruct the events that produced the fracture . Comminuted A comminuted fracture is ...
... result of low - veloci- ty forces . The direction of the spiral indicates the direction of the torsional forces ( Gonza 1982 ) and can be used to reconstruct the events that produced the fracture . Comminuted A comminuted fracture is ...
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... result of direct impact with an object , such as a weapon used in assault or a portion of an automobile frame during ... result as a continuation of a linear fracture , although they may also result from com- pression or other mechanisms ...
... result of direct impact with an object , such as a weapon used in assault or a portion of an automobile frame during ... result as a continuation of a linear fracture , although they may also result from com- pression or other mechanisms ...
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... result of severe trauma such as falls from a height or motor vehicle accidents . With advancing age , moderate trauma is more likely to produce proximal humeral injury . These fractures also seem to be found in women who are generally ...
... result of severe trauma such as falls from a height or motor vehicle accidents . With advancing age , moderate trauma is more likely to produce proximal humeral injury . These fractures also seem to be found in women who are generally ...
Contents
Chapter | 5 |
The Role of the Forensic Anthropologist in Trauma Analysis | 13 |
Summary | 31 |
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adults ankle anthropologist articular surface associated avulsion fractures blunt force trauma body Bone and Joint calcaneus cause cervical classification clavicle Clinical comminuted fractures common condyle cortical bone cranial vault damage depressed fractures deSouza diaphysis DiMaio and DiMaio direct blows dislocation displacement distal extensive femoral femur fibula flexion foot forearm forensic forensic anthropologist frac Fracture Figure fracture line fracture patterns fractures occur fragment frontal head humerus hyperextension impact individual involve Joint Surgery Journal of Bone Jupiter lateral ligaments linear fractures lumbar maxilla mechanism of injury medial medial malleolus metacarpal metatarsal motor vehicle accidents neck oblique fractures olecranon pelvic ring perimortem phalanges portion posterior produced proximal radial radius region relatively result rib fractures Rogers rotation scaphoid scapular Schatzker shaft fractures shearing Skeletal Trauma skull soft tissue spine spiral supracondylar fractures tibia tion Trafton transverse fracture tubercle tures Type ulna vertebrae vertical victim Watson-Jones 1941