Kyphosis is a rounding of the back that makes it look hunched over. Congenital kyphosis means the child was born with the condition. Small bones (called vertebrae) make up the spine. They look like ...

Kyphosis (from Greek κυφός kyphos, a hump) is an abnormally excessive convex curvature of the spine as it occurs in the thoracic and sacral regions. (Abnormal inward concave lordotic curving of the ...

He underwent thoracic posterior instrumented kyphosis correction and anterior reconstruction, with a T5-T6 partial corpectomy and corpectomy spacer placement, through a posterior midline incision. On ...

As its name suggests, post-traumatic kyphosis is a condition that results from serious injury, such as a fall from a height, a motor vehicle accident, a horseback riding accident, or even a bounce off ...

Children whose curvature exceeds a limited range of variation - curving forward in a “C” shape- will require medical attention and may be diagnosed with kyphosis. Together with scoliosis, another type ...

The other mechanism responsible for dysphagia in kyphosis patients is related to the muscles used when food is swallowed. Muscle weakness around the thoracic cavity occurs in kyphosis patients ...

Postural kyphosis (kye-FOH-sis) is a rounding or hunching of the back that usually affects teens. This is a normal variation, where the rounding of the back is exaggerated due to posture and not ...

1 School of Physical Education and Sports Science, Payam-e-Noor University, Bandar Abbas, Iran 2 Department of Physical Education and Sports Science, Payam-e-Noor University, Lamerd, Iran 3 Department ...

Analysis of the cardiovascular manifestations caused by loss of thoracic kyphosis has been incomplete. Accordingly, this study was designed to investigate the physical signs and the ...

Radiographs of spine and pelvis commented on osteopenia with thoracic kyphosis and mild anterior wedging of thoracic vertebrae. Antitissue transglutaminase was 145 U/ml, and antiendomysial antibodies ...

Kyphosis is a spinal disorder that causes an abnormal rounding of the upper back due to excessive curvature of the spine. It is commonly observed in adolescents and can cause discomfort, pain, and ...