26 Bones & Bytes: Raising public awareness about musculoskeletal research with digitised archaeological bone specimens Flora Grö ning, Senior Lecturer in Anatomy, University of Aberdeen, and Bruce Mann MCIfA, Archaeologist, Aberdeenshire Council Archaeology Service During the Covid lockdowns, Aberdeenshire Council Archaeology Service gave support and advice to the Aberdeen Centre for Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Health and the University of Aberdeen on a project to raise public awareness about musculoskeletal research using digitised archaeological bone specimens. According to the World Health Organization, musculoskeletal conditions such as arthritis, low back pain and fractures are the leading contributor to disability worldwide. These conditions impair quality of life and are associated with significant socio-economic burden. The project aimed to raise public awareness about musculoskeletal conditions and promote the world-class research that is conducted at the Aberdeen Centre for Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Health (ACAMH) to improve diagnosis, prevention and treatment, in this case through the use of medieval and post-medieval human remains from Aberdeen. Skull in microCT scanner (All photos: University of Aberdeen)
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