However, as she grew older, and medical techniques slowly improved, she was diagnosed with what was then called Rickets, or what is more modernly called Osteogenesis Imperfecta.
Gareth, 28, has Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) which makes his bones extremely brittle and has broken his legs more than 150 times in his life.
In 2003 he made a TV documentary titled The Strangest Viking (part of Channel 4's Secret History series), in which Shaban explored the possibility that Viking chieftain Ivar the Boneless may have had osteogenesis imperfecta, the same condition he himself has.
7. Characterization of the role of CRTAP, a gene responsible for bone collagen modification, and definition of its role in the osteogenesis imperfecta (Roy Morello and Brendan Lee)