Abstract
This is the least mobile segment of the spinal column
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(1)
because of attachments of the rib cage
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(2)
because the discs are thin, comprising only one seventh of the height of the vertebral bodies.
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Paterson, J.K., Burn, L. (1985). The Thoracic Spine. In: An Introduction to Medical Manipulation. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7840-2_3
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