Thoracic Kyphosis
Could pelvic parameters determine optimal postoperative thoracic kyphosis in Lenke type 1 AIS patients?
... Background: A proper restoration of sagittal alignment is essential in AIS patients, but few studies provided a formula to predict an optimal surgical thoracic kyphosis (TK) gain in adolescent idiopathic ...
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Clinical measurement of the thoracic kyphosis A study of the intra rater reliability in subjects with and without shoulder pain
... The thoracic kyphosis is the primary curve of the ver- tebral column and is comprised of 12 vertebrae ...The thoracic kyphosis angle increases with age and the increase is greater in females ...
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Breast size, thoracic kyphosis & thoracic spine pain - association & relevance of bra fitting in post-menopausal women: a correlational study
... Menopause is a period of accelerated changes for women in their upper torso mechanics. Whether these anthropometrical changes reflect changes in pain states remains unclear. Plausible mechanisms for pain exist for the ...
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Influence of screw density on thoracic kyphosis restoration in hypokyphotic adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
... fifth thoracic vertebra to the inferior end-plate of the twelfth thoracic vertebra in the sagittal plane [5, ...of thoracic kyphosis (TK) is critical to maintain sagittal balance in the ...
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ASSOCIATION BETWEEN THORACIC KYPHOSIS, HEAD POSTURE AND CERVICAL RANGE OF MOTION IN ADULTS WITH AND WITHOUT CERVICAL SPINE DYSFUNCTION
... Results of this study are in contrast with that of the above, for CSD older adults. However it was interesting to note that the adults without CSD also depicted non significant association. Exaggerated thoracic ...
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Associations between vertebral fractures, increased thoracic kyphosis, a flexed posture and falls in older adults: a prospective cohort study
... increased thoracic kyphosis was independently associated with future falls (OR ...increased thoracic kyphosis are more likely to fall within the next ...increased thoracic curvature of ...
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Severe Thoracic Kyphosis in the Older Patient in the Absence of Vertebral Fracture: Association of Extreme Curve with Age
... racic kyphosis (1, ...of thoracic kyphosis in older ...normal thoracic kyphotic angle (TKA) pro- gressively increases with age, but studies documenting the age characteristics of the TKA in ...
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Does lumbar lordosis minus thoracic kyphosis predict the clinical outcome of patients with adult degenerative scoliosis?
... Third, thoracic kyphosis was not easily determined with- out instrumentation of all thoracic ...lower thoracic vertebrae account for the major part of thoracic kyphosis, so TK ...
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Does Spine Posture Affect Isometric Torso Muscle Endurance Profiles in Adolescent Children?
... postural thoracic kyphosis, there is no significant difference in the strength and endurance of the rectus abdominis, internal and external obliques and transverse abdominis muscles in subjects with and ...
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Grayscale inversion radiographic view provided improved intra and inter observer reliabilities in measuring spinopelvic parameters in asymptomatic adult population
... including thoracic kyphosis (TK), lumbar lordosis (LL), sagittal vertical axis (SVA), pelvic incidence (PI), sacral slope (SS) and pelvic tilt (PT) in both standard view and grayscale inversion ...
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Correlation between the sagittal spinopelvic alignment and degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis: a retrospective study
... Background: Pain and disability associated with degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis (DLS) results in significant burden on both the patients ’ quality of life and healthcare costs. Currently, there is controversy ...
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Coronal and sagittal spinal alignment in lumbar disc herniation with scoliosis and trunk shift
... junction kyphosis (TLK), thoracic kyphosis (TK), sacral slope (SS), pelvic incidence (PI), pelvic tilt (PT) and sagittal vertical axis (SVA) from C7 ...
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Examination of inclinations of the spine at childhood and adolescence
... and thoracic kyphosis from infancy to adolescence, would add to the exist- ing body of knowledge and would be a guide before the surgical procedures to be performed in this ...and thoracic Cobb angle ...
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Clinical results and surgery tactics of spinal osteotomy for ankylosing spondylitis kyphosis: experience of 428 patients
... Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic spondyloarthro- pathy that primarily involves the spine and sacroiliac joints [1 – 3]. At advanced stages of AS, many cases result in spinal deformities, such as the loss of ...
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The impact of sagittal balance on clinical results after posterior interbody fusion for patients with degenerative spondylolisthesis: A Pilot study
... Sagittal alignments were evaluated preoperatively using 36-inch lateral films of the entire spine and both femoral heads. All films were obtained with the subject standing with arms crossed and knees fully extended with ...
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Cervical kyphosis in patients with Lenke type 1 adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: the prediction of thoracic inlet angle
... of thoracic kyphosis (TK) and CK in AIS ...the thoracic spine, which could lead to the occurrence of CK after the surgery, especially in cases in which the upper instrumented vertebra (UIV) is above ...
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Non-surgical Reduction of Thoracic Hyper-kyphosis in a 24-year Old Music Teacher Utilizing Chiropractic BioPhysics® Technique
... the thoracic spine and their clinical associations ...a thoracic hyperkyphosis cannot be overstated as the severity of thoracic kyphosis has been shown to increase with decreasing bone mineral ...
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In the Wake of Wakefield: Establishing Consequences for Journal Failure to Recognize Retracted Research Articles
... standing position. The Spinal Mouse was run paravertebrally along the spinal column from C7 to S3. Raw Spinal Mouse measurement data were the superficial back length from C7 to S3 and the local angle of each point of ...
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Changes of upright body posture in the sagittal plane of men and women occurring with aging – a cross sectional study
... greater thoracic kyphosis. The consequence of an accentuated thoracic curvature is mirrored in the cervical region with com- pensatory adjustments to head posture required to pre- serve forward gaze ...
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Musculoskeletal Disorders in Dental Practitioners and Ergonomic Strategies
... Results: Dentists working in an asymmetric and static position. Usually their head is forward and often rotates in one direction and hands are away from the body. Furthermore, dentists need eye-hand coordination to work. ...
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