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kyphosis

NOUN
  1. an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column

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  • Chronic use of heels can result -- and usually does -- in some degree of kyphosis-lordosis and related pains in the lower back and mid-upper back. Tim Ferriss: The Barefoot Alternative: Vibram Five Fingers Shoes
  • This, in turn, leads to a flexed section of spine and a pronounced "kyphosis" - a curve in the lower back - creating the hunched posture that you have noticed. Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph
  • Paré gives a case of reversion, and of crooked hands and feet; and Barlow 11.54 speaks of a child of two and three-quarter years with kyphosis, but mobility of the lumbar region, which walked on its elbows and knees. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
  • His lung exam was significant for limited chest excursion, but he did not have obvious kyphosis or scoliosis.
  • Kyphosis is a progressive disorder that can affect children or adults in the thoracic or cervical spine.
  • Scoliosis, kyphosis, tumors, back pain, spondylolysis | The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Scoliosis, kyphosis, tumors, back pain, spondylolysis
  • The circumference of the trunk at the nipples was 62 inches, and over the most prominent portion of the kyphosis and pigeon-breast, 74 inches. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
  • Total lumbar lordosis (L1-S1), thoracic kyphosis (T5-T12), sacral slope, thoracolumbar angle (T11-L1), and sagittal vertical axis (SVA) were measured on the lateral view of the whole spine.
  • However, a spine affected by kyphosis shows evidence of a forward curvature of the back bones (vertebrae) in the upper back area, giving the child a "humpback" appearance.
  • d. presence of deformity in form of kyphosis or kyphoscoliosis. Recently Uploaded Slideshows
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