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Case Reports
. 2009 Nov 1:9:1190-1.
doi: 10.1100/tsw.2009.134.

A Wii-related clay-shoveler's fracture

Christopher N Brown  1 , Patrick McKenna
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Case Reports

A Wii-related clay-shoveler's fracture

Christopher N Brown et al. ScientificWorldJournal. .

Abstract

A 38-year-old man presented to the accident and emergency department complaining of severe neck pain. This had started immediately after swinging his Wii game console control during a rather vigorous game. An X-ray demonstrated a clay-shoveler's fracture of C7. This had radiological features to suggest an acute injury. This is the first report of a clay-shoveler's fracture strongly suggestive of being related to the use of a Wii console.

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