Fabella prevalence rate increases over 150 years, and rates of other sesamoid bones remain constant: a systematic review
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Berthaume, M., Di Federico, E. and Bill, A. (2019). Fabella prevalence rate increases over 150 years, and rates of other sesamoid bones remain constant: a systematic review. Journal of Anatomy. 235, pp. 67-79. https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.12994
Authors | Berthaume, M., Di Federico, E. and Bill, A. |
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Abstract | The fabella is a sesamoid bone located behind the lateral femoral condyle. It is common in non-human mammals, but the prevalence rates in humans vary from 3 to 87%. Here, we calculate the prevalence of the fabella in a Korean population and investigate possible temporal shifts in prevalence rate. A total of 52.83% of our individuals and 44.34% of our knees had fabellae detectable by computed tomography scanning. Men and women were equally likely to have a fabella, and bilateral cases (67.86%) were more common than unilateral ones (32.14%). Fabella presence was not correlated with height or age, although our sample did not include skeletally immature individuals. Our systematic review yielded 58 studies on fabella prevalence rate from 1875–2018 which met our inclusion criteria, one of which was an outlier. Intriguingly, a Bayesian mixed effects |
Year | 2019 |
Journal | Journal of Anatomy |
Journal citation | 235, pp. 67-79 |
Publisher | Wiley |
ISSN | 0021-8782 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.12994 |
Publication dates | |
17 Apr 2019 | |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 07 Mar 2019 |
Deposited | 13 Nov 2019 |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
https://openresearch.lsbu.ac.uk/item/8876v
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