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Pott’s kyphosis [PDF]

QJM, 2014
A 61-year-old male presented with a 2-year history of increasing back pain that particularly worsened when standing and walking. He complained of back pain and kyphotic deformity for more than 30 years. His medical history was non-significant other than spinal tuberculosis. He had no history of trauma and corrective surgery for kyphosis.
Y, Zhang, Y-S, Yu, Z-H, Tang, G-Q, Zang
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Junctional Kyphosis after Correction with Long Instrumentation for Late Posttraumatic Thoracolumbar Kyphosis: Characteristics and Risk Factors

Orthopaedic Surgery, 2023
Objective Junctional kyphosis is a common complication after corrective long spinal fusion for adult spinal deformity. Whereas there is still a paucity of data on junctional kyphosis, specifically among late posttraumatic thoracolumbar kyphosis (LPTK ...
Xiaojiang Pu, Qingshuang Zhou, Liang Xu, Yang Yu, Zhen Liu, Bangping Qian, Bin Wang, Zezhang Zhu, Yong Qiu, Xu Sun   +9 more
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The relationship between thoracic kyphosis and age, and normative values across age groups: a systematic review of healthy adults

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 2021
Background Thoracic kyphosis is reported to increase with ageing. However, this relationship has not been systematically investigated. Peoples’ kyphosis often exceeds 40°, but 40° is the widely accepted cut-off and threshold for normality.
Mattia Zappalá, Stephen Lightbourne, Nicola R. Heneghan   +2 more
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Predicting post-laminoplasty kyphosis in cervical spondylotic myelopathy patients without preoperative kyphosis: a retrospective study

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2023
Background This study aimed to determine potential risk factors for post-laminoplasty kyphosis and the effect of postoperative kyphosis on neurologic function recovery.
Yiyuan Yang, Ruomu Qu, Zexiang Liu, Zhuo Chen, Yunxia Wu, Hongling Chu, Zhongjun Liu, Xiaoguang Liu, Liang Jiang   +8 more
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Kyphosis After Thoracolumbar Spine Fractures: WFNS Spine Committee Recommendations [PDF]

Neurospine, 2021
Thoracolumbar fractures change the biomechanics of the spine. Load distribution causes kyphosis by the time. Treatment of posttraumatic kyphosis is still controversial.
Onur Yaman, Mehmet Zileli, Salim Şentürk, Kemal Paksoy, Salman Sharif   +4 more
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Effect of physiotherapy on spinal alignment in children with postural defects

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, 2019
Objectives This paper assesses the effect of neurophysiological rehabilitation in children with postural defects on the depth of thoracic kyphosis, lateral spinal deviation and rotation of spinal motor segments.
Anna Zmyślna, Wojciech Kiebzak, Arkadiusz Żurawski, Justyna Pogorzelska, Ireneusz Kotela, Tomasz J. Kowalski, Zbigniew Śliwiński, Grzegorz Śliwiński   +7 more
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Does kyphosis in healed subaxial cervical spine tuberculosis equate to a poor functional outcome?

Journal of Craniovertebral Junction and Spine, 2020
Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) of the subaxial cervical spine has a high percentage of morbidity. It accounts for about 10% of cases with the major concerns being quadriparesis and localized kyphosis.
Sudhir Srivastava, Aditya Raj, Sunil Bhosale, Shaligram Purohit, Nandan Marathe, Swapneel Shah   +5 more
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Back to the future in traumatic fracture shapes of lumbar spine: An analysis of risk of kyphosis after conservative treatment

Journal of Craniovertebral Junction and Spine, 2021
Introduction: Nonosteoporotic burst vertebral fracture could commonly be treated with conservative or surgical approach. Currently, decision-making process is based on thoracolumbar (TL) AO spine severity injury score.
Federico Fusini, Gabriele Colò, Salvatore Risitano, Alessandro Massè, Laura Rossi, Angela Coniglio, Massimo Girardo   +6 more
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Maximum gait speed and lumbar spinal mobility can affect quality of life in elderly women with lumbar kyphosis

North American Spine Society Journal, 2022
Background: The site and angle of kyphosis are important factors that affect quality of life (QOL). Lumbar kyphosis, rather than thoracic kyphosis, is reported to affect the QOL in patients with kyphosis.
Tatsuya Endo, Osamu Shirado, Ryoji Tominaga, Keita Sato, Takuya Miura, Masumi Iwabuchi, Toshikazu Ito   +6 more
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Comparison of breath quality in COVID-19 patients with kyphosis and without kyphosis [PDF]

Majallah-i Dānishgāh-i ’Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Īlām, 2023
Introduction: One of the problems caused by COVID-19 is decreased lung function and muscle weakness. Excessive increase in the curvature of the thoracic spine is known as a kyphosis deformity.
Zahra Hormati, Sajad Roshani, Ebrahim Mohammad Ali nasab Firozjah, Afshin Moghadasi   +3 more
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