Dr. Rebecca J. Gilmour

Stages of bone loss. Progression and stages of bone loss from healthy bone, through periods of immobilisation and unloading, to a state of potential remobilisation and recovery. Time ranges are approximate and vary according to a number of factors.

Gilmour, R.J., Mansukoski, L., & Schrader, S.A. (2023). Injury, disease, and recovery: Skeletal adaptations to immobility and impairment, In: Behaviour in Our Bones, Gilmour, Plomp, Alves Cardoso (Eds). Amsterdam: Elsevier.

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This and other figures were published in Brickley et al. (2019). Using teeth as tools: Investigating the mother–infant dyad and developmental origins of health and disease hypothesis using vitamin D deficiency. American Journal of Physical Anthropology.

Illustration created with Adobe Illustrator. Published in Gilmour et al. (2015). Gendered Differences in Accidental Trauma to Upper and Lower Limb Bones at Aquincum, Roman Hungary. International Journal of Palaeopathology 11:75-91.