ArticleAsian spine journal2019
Thoracic Posture and Mobility in Mechanical Neck Pain Population: A Review of the Literature.
Article in Asian spine journal, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 4 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 20 papers.
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Who cites it
20 citing papers in PubMed, 47 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Immediate effects of posture correction taping on pain, cervical range of motion, and scapulothoracic muscle activity in individuals with forward head posture and mechanical neck pain: a randomized controlled trial in India.Asian spine journal · 2025Article
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- Assessing validity of thoracic spine rotation range of motion measurement methods: comparison of magnetic resonance imaging and clinical measurements.Journal of physical therapy science · 2024Article
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- Reduction of Thoracic Hyper-Kyphosis Improves Short and Long Term Outcomes in Patients with Chronic Nonspecific Neck Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Extent and characteristic of relationships in canal dimension and canal body ratio between cervical and lumbar spine.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- The impact of ossification spread on cervical spine function in patients with ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- The Influence of Cervical Spine Angulation on Symptoms Associated With Wearing a Rigid Neck Collar.Geriatric orthopaedic surgery & rehabilitation · 2021Article
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Abstract
Neck pain is a common condition with several proposed biomechanical contributing factors. Thoracic spine dysfunction is hypothesized as one of the predisposing factors, which necessitates the need to explore the contribution of thoracic posture and mobility toward neck pain. Accordingly, the present work aimed to review the existing literature investigating the presence of thoracic spine dysfunction in individuals with neck pain. A literature search was conducted in the three electronic databases of PubMed, CINAHL, and Web of Science. Studies published between 1990 and 2017 were considered. After reviewing the abstracts, two authors independently scrutinized the full-text documents for their relevance. The initial search yielded 2,167 articles, of which nine studies involving comparisons of neck pain patients and healthy controls were identified for the review. Increased thoracic kyphosis was positively correlated with the presence of forward head posture but not uniformly associated with neck pain intensity and disability. Thoracic mobility was reduced in the neck pain population, and the role of thoracic kyphosis as a risk factor for pain development could not be confirmed. Thus, an association exists between thoracic kyphosis and postural alteration in the cervical spine. The review favors the inclusion of thoracic spine assessment and treatment in mechanical neck pain patients. Further studies are needed to investigate the cause-effect relationship between thoracic posture and cervical dysfunction.
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