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 ...

Kyphosis is a forward rounding of the spine. A normal spine has a certain amount of upper back kyphosis. Abnormal kyphosis is an exaggerated rounding, which often occurs in the upper and middle part ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Standing up straight is not enough to rectify the rounded posture caused by thoracic kyphosis, an excessive forward curvature of the upper back. This problem usually shows up, in teenagers and is ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...