We report a case of insufficiency fracture of the sternum in a 70-year-old female patient with a review of the literature. She complained of sudden onset chest pain and aggravating dyspnea. She has been managed with corticosteroid due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease for 15 years. Diagnosis of sternal insufficiency fracture presented with thoracic kyphosis was made on the basis of absen...

Management of spinal deformities in a patient with arthrogryposis can be challenging for spine surgeons. The literature about the accompaniment of scoliosis; the most common spine deformity reported in arthrogryposis, is still poor. Moreover, the development of cervical kyphosis and thoracic lordoscoliosis in a patient with arthrogryposis is much rare. This paper reports a 26-year-old medical d...

ABNORMALITIES of thoracic configuration cani alter the iniformation derived from clinical assessment of the heart. Altlhouigh these alterations may he subtle, occasionally they may be sufficiently overt to produice signs that closely mimic organic heart disease. Pecttus excavatumn' 2 is a wvellrecognized thoracic deformity in this category. On the, other hand, absence, of normal thoracic kyphos...

STUDY DESIGN A quantitative meta-analysis was conducted on publishing studies reporting results of spinal surgery in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis with instrumentation of pedicle screw or hybrid construct. OBJECTIVE The primary objective is to get overview of the power to restore thoracic kyphosis using 2 different instrumentations. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA During the past years, surger...

UNLABELLED A physiologic sagittal alignment of the spine with lumbar lordosis and thoracic kyphosis is the most stable position of the spine, while in patients with Idiopathic Scoliosis (IS) the sagittal profile of the spine is flattened or inversed. It has been shown that a correction of the sagittal profile also corrects coronal plane deformity in patients with IS. Therefore sagittal correcti...

Material and methods 126 primary school pupils, 60 girls and 66 boys, aged 7.0 to 13.0 years (9.1±1.6), were examined in standing position twice: in a relaxed posture and in actively corrected posture (after the “straight the back” command). Children were not instructed what corrected posture means. Spinous processes of C7, Th6, Th12 and S1 were clinically identified. Sagittal clinical angles: ...

[Purpose] This study aimed to determine the prevalence and characteristics of hyperkyphosis in male university students. [Participants Methods] The angles thoracic kyphosis, upper spine, lower lumbar lordosis, sacral tilt 100 students were measured standing position using a Spinal-Mouse®. [Results] subjects with 40° or greater was 45% (45/100 subjects). kyphosis angle used divide into group nor...

 Abstract Background: Correction of severe kyphosis is a challenging operation in spinal surgery. A two stage operation has been commonly used: anterior release and decompression followed by posterior correction and fusion. We describe the posterior vertebral osteotomy technique for correction of severe and rigid kyphosis through posterior-only approach. Methods: Twelve patients (six male and s...

STUDY DESIGN Retrospective study. PURPOSE To investigate whether intersegmental compression can affect the results of threedimensional correction for idiopathic scoliosis. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE Intersegmental compression is usually performed to increase the correction rate and enhance kyphosis restoration. However, it is presumed that the risk of decompensation is increased. METHODS Twen...

OBJECTIVE The aims of this study were to evaluate the anteroposterior displacement behavior of the center of pressure without any visual reference and determine its relationship with knee muscle strength and reports of falls in postmenopausal women. Among those with osteoporosis, the specific objective was to evaluate the correlation of thoracic kyphosis and vitamin D with center of pressure di...