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What Is Kyphosis
Health Encyclopedia: Kyphosis What Is A Hunched Back?
Kyphosis is a curving of the spine that causes a bowing of the back, which leads to a hunchback or slouching posture.
Alternative Names
Scheuermann's disease; Roundback; Hunchback; Postural kyphosis
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Kyphosis is a spinal deformity that can result from trauma, developmental problems, or degenerative disease. Kyphosis can occur at any age, although it is rare at birth.
Adolescent kyphosis, also known as Scheuermann's di...
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Expert & Community Posts
Should I Be Treated for Osteoporosis or Osteopenia?
By Neil Gonter, MD , Health Expert...multiple fractures can make one bent forward (a.k.a. Kyphosis) and limit their ability to... Read more »
Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty: Two Options For Vertebral Fractures from Osteoporosis
By Lila de Tantillo , Health Expert...inserting the cement. The goal is to help correct kyphosis, or a hunched back. A number of... Read more »
Health Guide
Kyphosis Treatment: How to Treat a Hunched Back
Scheuermann's disease; Roundback; Hunchback; Postural kyphosis Treatment Treatment depends on the cause of the disorder: Congenital kyphosis requires... Read more »Kyphosis Prevention: How to Prevent a Hunched Back
Scheuermann's disease; Roundback; Hunchback; Postural kyphosis Prevention Treating and preventing osteoporosis can prevent many cases of kyphosis in the... Read more »Kyphosis: Symptoms and Signs
Scheuermann's disease; Roundback; Hunchback; Postural kyphosis Symptoms Mild back pain Fatigue Tenderness and stiffness in the spine ... Read more »Symptoms of Compression Fractures of the Back
...Symptoms Back pain with sudden or chronic onset Shortened height Kyphosis (hunchback) Note: There may be no symptoms. Signs and tests ... Read more »Osteoporosis: Treatment
...cases.Kyphoplasty. Kyphoplasty is a variant of percutaneous vertebroplasty that may help prevent kyphosis (hunchback) in patients whose spines have collapsed. The procedure inserts a balloon into... Read more »Images
Kyphosis Image: Kyphosis is a curving of the spine that causes a bowing of the back.... Read more »
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