Abstract

Evaluation of any painful condition requires a thorough clinical examination, so as the upper back pain. Although upper back pain is not as common as low backache, its prevalence is high enough to categorize it under occupational health problems. Evaluation of upper back pain is very important as it can be due to serious conditions involving the visceral organs like myocardium, pancreas, esophagus or it can also be the first symptom of serious disorders in the spine like infection or tumor. In this article, we have tried to summarize the systematic examination of the upper back.

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