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The relationship between thoracic kyphosis and age, and normative values across age groups: a systematic review of healthy adults

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. Consequently, patients may be misclassified. Accurate resto...

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Autores principales: Zappalá, Mattia, Lightbourne, Stephen, Heneghan, Nicola R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8268398/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34243795
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13018-021-02592-2