Clay-shoveler fracture in a paddler : a case report

Olivier, Etienne Cornelis; Muller, Elouise; Janse van Rensburg, Dina Christina

dc.contributor.author	Olivier, Etienne Cornelis
dc.contributor.author	Muller, Elouise
dc.contributor.author	Janse van Rensburg, Dina Christina
dc.date.accessioned	2016-08-05T07:29:21Z
dc.date.issued	2016-05
dc.description.abstract	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 injury. This case report describes the first reported clay-shoveler fracture in a paddler. A 51-year-old male paddler, preparing for a paddling adventure over 630 km, felt a click and a sharp pain paravertebrally on the level of the upper thoracic vertebrae while paddling. Sonar investigation did not reveal any muscular injury but computed tomography revealed a fracture of the spinous process of T1. In this case, it is a stress injury due to excessive paddling over a short period of time. This fracture causes debilitating pain in the acute phase and is mainly treated conservatively	en_ZA
dc.description.department	Internal Medicine	en_ZA
dc.description.department	Sports Medicine	en_ZA
dc.description.embargo	2017-05-31
dc.description.librarian	hb2016	en_ZA
dc.description.uri	http://journals.lww.com/cjsportsmed	en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation	Olivier, EC, Muller, E & Janse van Rensburg, DC 2016, 'Clay-shoveler fracture in a paddler : a case report', Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. e69-e70.	en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn	1050-642X (print)
dc.identifier.issn	1536-3724 (online)
dc.identifier.other	10.1097/JSM.0000000000000243
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/56210
dc.language.iso	en	en_ZA
dc.publisher	Lippincott Williams and Wilkins	en_ZA
dc.rights	© 2016 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved. This is a non-final version of an article published in final form in Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. e69-e70, 2016. doi : 10.1097/JSM.0000000000000243.	en_ZA
dc.subject	Clay-shoveler’s fracture	en_ZA
dc.subject	Spinous process fracture thoracic vertebra	en_ZA
dc.subject	Paddling	en_ZA
dc.title	Clay-shoveler fracture in a paddler : a case report	en_ZA
dc.type	Postprint Article	en_ZA