The frequency of fractures of the locomotor apparatus in different periods of the middle ages

Focus of this work was to estimate the frequency of moving apparatus injuries in skeletal material originating from archeological research on the site of former Oškobrh graveyard near Poděbrady. Method of five segments was applied - diaphyses of long bone was treated as a single segment. In contrast to other authors, clavicle, scapula and pelvis were also involved in this study. 119 juvenile subjects were evaluated, and in the whole set only one fracture was discovered. In a set of 285 adult subjects, 11 fractures were discovered on skeletal remains of ten individuals, which represents 3,5 % of the whole set, encomapssing both medieval and modern funerals. The set was split in three groups in accordance with archeological dating for further evaluation and statistical elaboration. Two medieval sets dating 13th - 14th century, and 14th - 15th century, and modern group dating 16th - 17th century. The dependance of fracture frequency between men and women in medieval groups was tested, it was however not confirmed on either 5 % and further 1 % of significance level. Also, the dependance between left and right body side, and between men and women group belonging in 13th - 15th century was tested. Neither case has proven to be a significant difference in bone fracture frequencies, again on 5 % and 1 %..