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KMID : 1021220170080021201
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국제물리치료학회지
2017 Volume.8 No. 2 p.1201 ~ p.1205
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The Benefit of Thoracic Mobilization and Manipulation for Upper Thoracic Pain: A case study
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Park Si-Eun
Lee Jun-Cheol
Choi Wan-Suk
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Abstract
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The purpose of this case study was to investigate the effects of thoracic mobilization and manipulation on a patient with upper thoracic pain. The subject had been complaining of upper thoracic pain for the last 4 months. On the X-ray, T3 and T4 spinous process were located on the left side of the vertical axis. First, transverse mobilization was applied from left to right at the T3-T4 and then thoracic manipulation was performed. The intervention methods of mobilization and manipulation were based on the concept of Maitland manual therapy. The subject underwent a total of 20 sessions (five times per week for four weeks). The thoracic pain and vertebral rotation angle were measured to examine the effect of the intervention. The thoracic pain score decreased (from 4.0 to 1.5) and the angle of thoracic vertebral rotation decreased (from 7.0º to 4.0º). These results suggest that applied mobilization and manipulation in patients with a primary complaint of thoracic pain decreasing the thoracic pain and vertebral rotation angle.
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KEYWORD
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Mobilization, manipulation, thoracic pain
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