Clay-Shoveler's fracture: An uncommon diagnosis in palaeopathology

Xavier Jordana; I. Galtés; F. Busquets; A. Isidro; A. Malgosa

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Clay-Shoveler's fracture: An uncommon diagnosis in palaeopathology

Xavier Jordana, I. Galtés, F. Busquets, A. Isidro, A. Malgosa

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Abstract

An archaeological case of clay-shoveler's fracture was observed in an adult male exhumed from a Roman necropolis dated to the 1st-3rd century AD and located in the city of Barcelona, Spain. Clay-shoveler's fracture is a breakage of a lower cervical or upper thoracic spinous process as a result of mechanical stress. Different mechanisms have been related to this injury, generally in labour-related contexts. This paper reviews the literature concerning this uncommon finding, focusing especially on its mechanism and on activity-related lesions. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	366-372
Journal	International Journal of Osteoarchaeology
Volume	16
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.829
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2006

Keywords

Occupational injury
Palaeopathology
Roman Imperial age
Spinous process
Stress fracture
Thoracic vertebrae
Vertebral trauma

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