Neck pain is one of the most popular spinal conditions with various factors regarding biomechanical contributions. Thoracic spinal dysfunction is known as one of the most predisposing factors. This increases the need to research and find out the contribution of mobility and thoracic posture to neck pain. The study is based on patients with neck pain containing the presence of thoracic spine dysfunction. The study is being done using a sum of 2167 articles published in different formats from 1990 to 2017. As per the studies, the increase of thoracic kyphosis was correlated with the forward head posture. But it was not associated uniformly with the intensity and disability of neck pain.

In the population of neck pain, the thoracic mobility was reduced. Similarly, the role of thoracic kyphosis cannot be confirmed due to the risk factor in case of pain development. Therefore, in the cervical spine, there is an association between postural alteration and thoracic kyphosis. As per the new study, the method of thoracic spine assessment will help to treat patients with mechanical neck pain. Further studies will be for investigating the cause and effect between cervical dysfunction and thoracic posture.

Ref: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31154701/

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