Increasing numbers of people are participating in the sport of rock climbing, and its growth is
expected to continue with the sport's Olympic debut in 2020. Extreme loading of the upper …

Background A clay-shoveler's fracture is a very rarely occurring stress-type avulsion fracture
of the lower cervical or upper thoracic spinous processes owing its name to the clay …

The clay-shoveler's fracture is an isolated avulsion fracture of the lower cervical or upper
thoracic spinous process. Among them, multiple spinous process fractures are very rare. We …

Clay-shoveler fracture is a fracture of the spinous process of lower cervical and upper
thoracic vertebrae. It has only rarely been reported as being caused by an overuse sports …

Materials and Methods We obtained institutional review board permission for this study and
searched the surgical database between 2006 and 2013 for patients who had undergone …

Clay-shoveler′ s fractures are isolated, avulsion-type spinous process fractures of the
lower cervical and upper thoracic vertebrae. Multi-level fractures of the spinous processes …

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The clay-shoveler's fracture is a stable oblique fracture through the spinous process of a
lower cervical vertebra, classically C6 or C7. Diagnosed on plain radiograph, computed …

Background Lower cervical or upper thoracic spinous process avulsion fractures are
commonly known as a “clay shoveler's fracture” named for the frequent injury seen in early …

Avulsion fracture of the spinous process, also known as a clay-shoveler's fracture, is usually
seen at a single level or dual adjacent spinal levels in the lower cervical or cervicothoracic …