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The different syndromes of the chest wall syndrome |
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| Thoracic sites1 and the 195 individual CWS (%) |
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| Individual CWS |
right |
middle |
Left |
Synonyms and references |
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| Upper sternalis s. |
a |
(2.6) |
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| Sternalis s. |
b |
(14.4) |
8,17 |
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| Xiphoidalgia |
c |
(3.1) |
xiphoidal, xiphodynia |
6,8,11 |
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| Pectoralis s. |
1 |
(3.1) |
1 |
(20.5) |
algia pectoralis |
15,17 |
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| Axillary s. |
2 |
(2.6) |
2 |
(6.2) |
laterothoracic s. |
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| Chondrocostal s. |
3 |
(6.2) |
3 |
(35.8) |
costochondral, costochondritis, sternocostal or costosternal or Tietze's. if swelling |
8,9,14 |
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| upper (C 2–3) |
(1.0) |
(8.7) |
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| mid (C 4–6) |
(2.1) |
(19.0) |
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| lower (C 7–9) |
(3.1) |
(8.2) |
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| Rib Tip s. |
4 |
(2.6) |
4 |
(3.1) |
Lower rib, slipping rib, slipping cartilage, clicking rib, Cyriax's |
10,12 |
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| total |
(14.5) |
(20.0) |
(65.5) |
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Numbers indicate the percentage of the 195 patients with an isolated syndrome. The most frequent syndromes are chondrocostal syndromes, particulary the mid chondrocostal, pectoralis and sternalis syndromes. Note the prevalence of left-sided syndromes 1 Sites are shown on Figure 1 | ||||||||
Verdon et al. BMC Family Practice 2007 8:51 doi:10.1186/1471-2296-8-51 |
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