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Trained physiotherapists have achieved remarkable improvements in pain control and also of kyphosis.
Though the most obvious effect of the fracture is back pain and kyphosis, it also often interferes with a wide range of self-care activities.
Most patients can stand more erectly to command and will also lie flat, unlike the elderly patient with a fixed thoracic kyphosis.
Though rare, multiple vertebral fractures can lead to such severe hunch back (kyphosis), the resulting pressure on internal organs can impair one's ability to breathe.
In studies, kyphosis is better characterized for the thoracic spine than for the lumbar spine.
Cervical kyphosis can be very dangerous to an individual because it can cause the vertebrae to disturb the spinal cord.
It is a combination of kyphosis and scoliosis.
Osteoporosis, a potential cause of kyphosis, can be confirmed with a bone density scan.
A normal thoracic spine extends from the 1st to the 12th vertebra and should have a slight kyphosis ranging from 20 to 45.
Postural thoracic kyphosis can often be treated with posture reeducation and focused strengthening exercises.
While most cases of kyphosis are mild and only require routine monitoring, serious cases can be debilitating.
It is characterized by widespread and sometimes severe malformations of the vertebral column and ribs, shortened thorax, and moderate to severe scoliosis and kyphosis.
These include various diseases of the back or spine (dorso-), such as kyphosis.
They are wedge-shaped vertebrae and therefore can cause an angle in the spine (such as kyphosis, scoliosis, and lordosis).
Later in life, he suffered from the medical condition kyphosis, resulting in (often severe) curvature of the spine.
