3D shape analyses of extant primate and fossil hominin vertebrae support the ancestral shape hypothesis for intervertebral disc herniation

3D shape analyses of extant primate and fossil hominin vertebrae support the ancestral shape hypothesis for intervertebral disc herniation

Abstract Background Recently we proposed an evolutionary explanation for a spinal pathology that afflicts many people, intervertebral disc herniation (Plomp et al. [2015] BMC Evolutionary Biology 15, 68). Using 2D data, we found that the bodies and pedicles of lower vertebrae of pathological humans...

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Main Authors: Kimberly A. Plomp, Keith Dobney, Darlene A. Weston, Una Strand Viðarsdóttir, Mark Collard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-12-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Subjects:
Back pain
Intervertebral disc herniation
Spine
Vertebrae
Bipedalism
Human evolution
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-019-1550-9

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-019-1550-9

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