Table 3 The different syndromes of the chest wall syndrome
From: Chest wall syndrome among primary care patients: a cohort study
Thoracic sites1 and the 195 individual CWS (%) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Individual CWS | right | middle | Left | Synonyms and references | ||||
Upper sternalis s. | a | (2.6) | ||||||
Sternalis s. | b | (14.4) | 8,17 | |||||
Xiphoidalgia | c | (3.1) | xiphoidal, xiphodynia | 6,8,11 | ||||
Pectoralis s. | 1 | (3.1) | 1 | (20.5) | algia pectoralis | 15,17 | ||
Axillary s. | 2 | (2.6) | 2 | (6.2) | laterothoracic s. | |||
Chondrocostal s. | 3 | (6.2) | 3 | (35.8) | costochondral, costochondritis, sternocostal or costosternal or Tietze's. if swelling | 8,9,14 | ||
upper (C 2–3) | (1.0) | (8.7) | ||||||
mid (C 4–6) | (2.1) | (19.0) | ||||||
lower (C 7–9) | (3.1) | (8.2) | ||||||
Rib Tip s. | 4 | (2.6) | 4 | (3.1) | Lower rib, slipping rib, slipping cartilage, clicking rib, Cyriax's | 10,12 | ||
total | (14.5) | (20.0) | (65.5) | |||||