Clay-shoveler's fracture: an uncommon diagnosis in palaeopathology

Clay-shoveler's fracture: an uncommon diagnosis in palaeopathology

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 re...

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Veröffentlicht in:International journal of osteoarchaeology 2006-07, Vol.16 (4), p.366-372
Hauptverfasser: Jordana, X., Galtés, I., Busquets, F., Isidro, A., Malgosa, A.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Archaeology
Fractures
Human remains
Occupational accidents
occupational injury
palaeopathology
Roman civilization
Roman Imperial Age
Skeletal system
spinous process
stress fracture
thoracic vertebrae
vertebral trauma
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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISSN:1047-482X
1099-1212
DOI:10.1002/oa.829