Comparison Between the Effects of Harrington Rod and Multisegmented Instrumentations in Sagittal Plane Correction of Idiopathic scoliosis by A. Mohtashemi, MT. Peivandi, E. Ameri, B. Mobini

“…Normal preoperative thoracic kyphosis remained the same post-operatively in 92% and changed to kyphosis in 8% of cases. …”
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Effect of 8 Weeks Regular Corrective Exercise on Spinal Columns Deformities in Girl Students by Nader Rahnama, Effat Bambaeichi, Farzaneh Taghian, Ali Bagher Nazarian, Masoume Abdollahi

“…Key words: Spinal column, Corrective movement, Kyphosis, Scoliosis, Lordosis.…”
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Camptocormia and drop head syndrome secondary to myotonic dystrophy type 1: a case series and literature review by Alexander De La Rosa-Cabral, MD, Francisco Irizarry, MD, Edwardo Ramos, MD

“…Camptocormia and drop head syndrome (DHS) is an abnormal flexion of the spine (kyphosis) caused by paraspinal muscle weakness. Camptocormia is used when the kyphosis is at the thoracolumbar levels and DHS is used when the kyphosis is in the cervical area. …”
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The Evaluation of Effectiveness of Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy on Thoracic Level in Spinal Deformity Patients by Emre Bal

“…RESULTS: This study was consist of 30 male and 31 female patients including 28 scoliosis, 23 kyphosis and 10 ankylosing spondylitis cases. Post-operative mean Cobb angle was 62%, sagittal balance was 42%, kyphosis angle was 38%, thoracic kyphosis angle was 61%, and lordosis angle was 19.44% corrected (p<0.001). …”
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Comparison of Spinal Column Curvatures in Triathlon Athletes and Non-Athletes by Nader Rahnama, Effat Bambaeichi, Sajjad Bagherian, Soheila Nezhadroomazi

“…Keywords: Forward head, Kyphosis, Lordosis, Triathlon…”
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CORRECTING CHILDREN KYPHOTIC ATTITUDE BY MEANS OF RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS by Oana Pata

“…The paper aims to demonstrate the rhythmic gymnastics wrole, in the prevention and correction of kyphosis in children of school age. Rhythmic Gymnastics, very diverse nature of its contents and attractive, particularly through corrective elements of body technique and handling of portable objects, can be a beneficial way to prevent kyphosis in children of school age.Low overall physical ability and attitude Kyphotic, or even more advanced types of kyphosis caused by a number of factors pests small school life, such as position in the bank for 4-5 hours, time spent at the computer, or other activities extracurricular, largely involving incorrect position of the spine, it can prevent and correct by practicing rhythmic gymnastics.…”
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Correction of Thoracic Hypokyphosis in Adolescent Scoliosis Using Patient-Specific Rod Templating by Shivan Marya, Mahmoud Elmalky, Alex Schroeder, Anant Tambe

“…Analysis revealed that we achieved a kyphosis within +/− 5.5 of the predicted value. The majority of patients had a post-operative kyphosis within the optimal range of 20–40 degrees. …”
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Comparative study of thoracolumbar fractures posterior fixations between long segment and short segment involving the fractured vertebra by Antoine Beltchika, Israël Maoneo, Glennie Ntsambi

“…The mean SCA was 15.57 ± 5.90° before surgery, and 12.60±5.94° one year after surgery showing a significant correction of local kyphosis of 3° (P <0.001). There was no significant difference in the degrees of correction of local kyphosis immediately postoperatively (p=0.591) and at one year postoperative (p=0.819) and also in the degrees of loss of local kyphosis (p=0.870) between SSFFV and LSPF. …”
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EFEK POSTUR TUBUH TERHADAP KESEIMBANGAN LANJUT USIA DI DESA SUKA RAYA KECAMATAN PANCUR BATU by Sulaiman ST., M.K.M, Anggriani Anggriani

“…</em></p><p><em></em><strong><em>Keyword: Posture, Kyphosis, Balancing, Elderly</em></strong></p>…”
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بررسی انحناهای ستون فقرات در دانشجویان دانشگاه اصفهان by Mehdi Kargarfard Kargarfard, Reza Mahdavi-Nejad, Gholam-Ali Ghasemi, Reza Rouzbehani, Majied Ghias, Zahra Mahdavi-Jafari, Mehdi Dahghani

“…Kwy words: Spinal column, Thoracic kyphosis, Lumbar lordosis, Flexibility ruler, Youths…”
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Prevalence and Factors Associated With Postural Abnormalities in Male Students of Tehran Universities: A Cross-sectional Study by Mohammed Said Shehada, Noureddin Karimi, Parastoo Baraghoosh, Fariba Mohammadi, Amena Ahmadi

“…Purpose: Postural abnormalities, such as forward head posture (FHP), posterior kyphosis, and lumbar lordosis, can lead to discomfort and health problems. …”
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Effects of eight weeks of stretching exercise on upper crossover syndrome and its pain in mastectomized women: Randomized controlled clinical trial by Mirmohammadtaghi Mortazvi, Abbasali Dorosti, Mohammadreza Moharrami

“…According to the results of ANCOVA, there was a significant difference between the two groups in kyphosis angle (P=0.003), head forward angle (P=0.019) and pain (P=0.003) after exercise. …”
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Analysis between preoperative cervical radiographic parameters represented by the K-line tilt and the short-term prognosis of laminoplasty for posterior longitudinal ligament ossif... by Baixing Wei, Wanting Liu, Han Wu

“…The JOA (Japanese orthopaedic association scores) score and the cervical kyphosis change were recorded 1 year after surgery. …”
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Thoracolumbar and Lumbar Posterior Vertebral Resection for the Treatment of Rigid Congenital Spinal Deformities in Pediatric Patients: A Long-Term Follow-up Study by Mohsen Karami, Reza Zandi, Mohammad Hassani, Hazem B. Elsebaie

“…Larger kyphoscoliosis or focal kyphosis angles were preoperative risk factors for postoperative sagittal imbalance (P value < 0.05). …”
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The relationship between minor coronal asymmetry of the spine and measures of spinal sagittal shape in adolescents without visible scoliosis by Adrian Gardner, Fiona Berryman, Paul Pynsent

“…In thoracic coronal asymmetry, whilst lordosis was predominant, kyphosis played more of a role. In thoracolumbar/lumbar coronal asymmetry, lordosis and sagittal imbalance were the larger coefficients. …”
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Trunk Posture Adaptations during Sitting on Dynamic Stool: A Validation Study by Alessandro Picelli, Giuliano Mazzocco, Nicola Smania

“…Sitting on the novel dynamic stool tested in this study was shown to provide a greater match of thoracic kyphosis and lumbar lordosis with the physiological spinal curvature on the sagittal plane during standing than conventional sitting.…”
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The reliability and reproducibility of sagittal spinal curvature measurement using the Microsoft Kinect V2 by Hannink, E, Shannon, T, Barker, K, Dawes, H

“…Two investigators gave standardised instructions and each captured 3 images. Thoracic kyphosis and lumbar lordosis angle indexes were calculated using maximum height divided by the length. …”

RESULTS OF SURGICAL TREATMENT OF INFANTILE AND JUVENILE SCOLIOSIS USING VARIOUS INSTRUMENTATION by M. V. Mikhailovsky, V. A. Suzdalov, D. N. Dolotin, I. G. Udalova

“…In group I average value of the primary scoliotic curve before surgery was (74.7 ± 22.9), secondary curve (42.8 ± 16.0), thoracic kyphosis (46.3 ± 27.4), lumbar lordosis (54.6 ± 14). …”
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Evaluation of pelvic, spine and sagittal spine parameters in people without chronic low back pain by Sajad Ataei, Masoud Zeinali, Azim Motamedfar, Maryam Moradi, Hossein Jafari Marandi

“…Further analyzes showed that BMI has a direct effect on the amount of Thoracic Kyphosis (P=0.03) and Lumbar Lordosis (P=0.04). Thus, the highest amount of Lumbar Lordosis and Thoracic Kyphosis was seen in people with BMI 30-34.9 Kg/m2. …”
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Material sensitivity of patient-specific finite element models in the brace treatment of scoliosis by Wenqing Wei, Tianyuan Zhang, Junlin Yang, Junlin Yang, Yu Qian, Yating Dong

“…The maximum difference in Kyphosis and Lordosis angle is 4.4° and 5.8°. The average thoracic and lumbar Cobb angle variation difference in intervertebral disc control group is larger than that in bone control group, while the average Kyphosis and Lordosis angle is inverse. …”
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