Thoracic kyphosis in light of lumbosacral alignment in thoracic adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: recognition of thoracic hypokyphosis and therapeutic implications

Thoracic kyphosis in light of lumbosacral alignment in thoracic adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: recognition of thoracic hypokyphosis and therapeutic implications

Abstract Background The uniqueness of spinal sagittal alignment in thoracic adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), for example, the drastically smaller thoracic kyphosis seen in some patients, has been recognized but not yet fully understood. The purpose of this study was to clarify the characterist...

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Main Authors: Takuya Iimura, Haruki Ueda, Satoshi Inami, Hiroshi Moridaira, Daisaku Takeuchi, Hiromichi Aoki, Hiroshi Taneichi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-05-01
Series:BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Subjects:
Thoracic AIS
Sagittal alignment
Hypokyphosis
Sacral slope
Max-LL
Inflection point
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-022-05379-6

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-022-05379-6

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