Abstract
Abstract And IntroductionDorsal thoracic pain is common, but much less common than pain from the cervical and lumbar regions of the spine. Pater son (1987) reviewing 1037 cases of spinal pain seen in primary care, found only 21 cases; however, Bruckner et al. (1987) in a referral centre collected 73 patients in three years. The medical literature on this area of the spine is also sparse. Different causes have been cited, such as nerve entrapment, muscular sprain, trigger points, pain referred from the lower cervical spine, thoracic facet syndrome, discogenic pain or psychogenic disease. Our aim is to review these different sources of pain and to discuss them in light of our own studies and experience in thoracic pain.
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