OBJECTIVES This study provides the first large scale analysis of the age at which adolescents in medieval England entered and completed the pubertal growth spurt. This new method has implications for expanding our knowledge of adolescent maturation across different time periods and regions. METHODS In total, 994 adolescent skeletons (10-25 years) from four urban sites in medieval England (AD ...

Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the source is credited. DOI 10.3109/17453674.2013.786637 Background and purpose Type-II distal clavicle fractures according to the Neer classification are generally operated because of the hi...

It is difficult to apply strong and stable internal fixation to a fracture of the distal end of the clavicle because it is unstable, the distal clavicle fragment is small, and the fractured region is near the acromioclavicular joint. In this study, to identify a superior internal fixation method for unstable distal clavicular fracture, we compared three types of internal fixation (tension band ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Type-II distal clavicle fractures according to the Neer classification are generally operated because of the high non-union rate after non-operative treatment. Several surgical techniques have been developed in order to reduce the non-union rate and improve functional outcome. This meta-analysis overviews the available surgical techniques for type-II distal clavicular fra...

The significance of distal ulna fractures is often undermined, which can result in inadequate treatment compared with fractures of the radius, the ulna's larger counterpart. However, little guidance exists in the current literature on how to manage distal ulna head or neck fractures and intra-articular ulna head fractures. Therefore, the purpose of this retrospective study was to evaluate the o...

Compression of the ulnar nerve at the wrist or in the palm gives rise to a distinctive clinical syndrome of weakness of the small muscles of the hand with or without associated sensory loss (Hunt, 1908; Harris, 1929; Russell and Whitty, 1947; Bakke and Wolff, 1948). Frequently there is a history of trauma which may be occupational and thus often repeated, although in other cases the onset appea...