Wednesday, September 26, 2018 7: 35 AM–9: 00 AM ePosters: P48. What is the normal distribution of kyphosis across the thoracic spine in the adult population?

R Lafage, S Pesenti, A Assi, J Elysee, TS Pannu… - The Spine Journal, 2018 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND CONTEXT The usual definition of thoracic kyphosis (TK) is the angle
between T4 and T12. However, little is known about the overall shape of the TK in adults …

Normal Functional Local Alignment and Segmental Motion at the Thoracolumbar Junction: A Cross-Sectional Study of Healthy Subjects

MS Han, JH Hong, JH Jung, JK Lee - World Neurosurgery, 2024 - Elsevier
Objective Several studies have investigated the mechanical behavior of the thoracolumbar
spine. However, finding an accurate reference for the normal functional local alignment and …

The importance of thoracolumbar junctional orientation, change in thoracolumbar angle, and overcorrection of lumbar lordosis in development of proximal junctional …

DW Ham, HJ Kim, SM Park, SJ Park, J Park… - Journal of Neurosurgery …, 2022 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Changes in the thoracolumbar angle (TLA) would play a pivotal role in the
reciprocal changes following spine realignment surgery, thereby leading to the development …

The compensatory mechanisms for global sagittal balance in degenerative spinal kyphosis patients: a radiological analysis of muscle-skeletal associations

W Xia, W Wang, Z Zhu, C Liu, S Xu, F Meng… - BMC musculoskeletal …, 2021 - Springer
Background The position of the head relative to the spine can be used to evaluate the true
global balance in patients with degenerative spinal kyphosis (DSK). However, it is still not …

The Thoracolumbar Inflection Point in a Population of Asymptomatic Volunteers: A Multi-Ethnic Alignment Normative Study Cohort Study

M Malka, ZM Sardar, N Czerwonka… - Global Spine …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Study Design Prospective cohort study. Objectives To show population variance in the
Inflection Point (IP) and its role in defining maximum Thoracic Kyphosis (TK) and Lumbar …

In the Relationship Between Change in Kyphosis and Change in Lordosis: Which Drives Which?

B Ang, R Lafage, JC Elysée, TS Pannu… - Global Spine …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Study Design: Retrospective single-center study. Objective: Investigate the effect of posterior
instrumentation on the relationship between lordosis and kyphosis. Methods: Surgically …

Age-and gender-based global sagittal spinal alignment in asymptomatic adult volunteers: results of the multiethnic alignment normative study (MEANS)

ZM Sardar, M Cerpa, F Hassan, M Kelly, JC Le Huec… - Spine, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Multicenter Cohort. Objective. Assess normative values of sagittal spinal and
lower extremity alignment in asymptomatic volunteers stratified by age and gender …

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

T Iimura, H Ueda, S Inami, H Moridaira… - BMC Musculoskeletal …, 2022 - Springer
Background The uniqueness of spinal sagittal alignment in thoracic adolescent idiopathic
scoliosis (AIS), for example, the drastically smaller thoracic kyphosis seen in some patients …

Compensatory classification in spine sagittal malalignment with lumbar degeneration

Y Wang, XY Li, WG Zhu, CX Liu, C Kong… - BMC Musculoskeletal …, 2023 - Springer
Objective To generate a compensatory classification to evaluate sagittal spinal
malalignment with lumbar degeneration. Methods We included 162 patients with low back …

A comparative analysis of sagittal spinopelvic alignment between young and old men without localized disc degeneration

YB Kim, YJ Kim, YJ Ahn, GB Kang, JH Yang… - European Spine …, 2014 - Springer
Introduction The purpose of this study was to compare the sagittal spinopelvic parameters
between young normal asymptomatic adults and older normal asymptomatic adults without …