2.2. Participants, Therapists, and Centers
mobility deficit, thoracic spine pain, pain, infection, fractures
INFECTION, SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY, DISORDERS
For this study, a total of 127 subjects were assessed, out of which 100 participants including both male and female, ages between 16 and 60 years, who were having nonspecific thoracic spine pain, in the spinal area T1 to T12, mobility deficit in thoracic spinal range of motion, and having pain with compression on the thoracic spine, were included in the study. All other participants who had a contraindication to manual therapy, including osteoporotic, thoracic spinal fractures, spinal infection, metastatic disorders, spondyloarthropathy, and disc herniation, and had a history of referring pain to the thoracic spine due to visceral conditions were excluded from the study. All the participants gave written informed consent.