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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Popular name for dorsal kyphosis caused by multiple wedge fractures of the thoracic verterbrae seen in osteoporosis.  2, record 1, English, - dowager%27s%20hump

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Kyphosis and its resultant bent-over posture often associated with older women (although men get them also). Since the word dowager is a technical term for a "dignified elderly woman " it began to be used to describe this condition since so many older women develop the condition.  3, record 1, English, - dowager%27s%20hump

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Les fractures vertébrales provoquent une cyphose dorsale progressive, avec diminution de taille..  2, record 1, French, - bosse%20de%20sorci%C3%A8re

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

... an increase of the thoracic kyphosis... associated with increased lordosis in the cervical and the lumbar areas.  1, record 2, English, - lordotic%20back

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Ces deux troubles du rachis (hyperlordose et la cyphose dorsale) sont souvent combinés ensemble ou parfois avec une scoliose. L'hyperlordose s'observe par une cambrure fortement accentuée, alors que la cyphose dorsale forme une bosse dans le dos.  2, record 2, French, - cyphose%20dorsale%20accompagn%C3%A9e%20d%27une%20hyperlordose

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

... increased lumbar lordosis with compensatory increased thoracic kyphosis...  1, record 3, English, - swayback

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Unlike the lordotic back ... the swayback shows no compensatory lordosis in the cervical spine.  4, record 3, English, - swayback

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

[...] exagération simultanée de la cyphose dorsale et de la lordose lombaire.  1, record 3, French, - cypholordose

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Il n'y a pas de lordose de compensation au niveau cervical.  3, record 3, French, - cypholordose

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A measurement to indicate the degree of fixed flexion at the cervical spine. This measurement can be used to assess progressive loss of extension of the cervical spine. It may also be affected by a... kyphosis of the thoracic spine. The distance can increase in ankylosing spondylitis and juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Inability to touch the head to the wall suggests cervical involvement.... The patient places the heels and back against a wall and attempts to touch the wall with the occiput, keeping the chin horizontal. The distance in centimeters from the occiput to the wall is recorded.  1, record 4, English, - occiput%20to%20wall%20distance

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Distance mesurant la flèche de l'occiput au mur, le sujet étant contre le plan vertical, dos, fesses et talons plaqués au mur. Cette distance permet d'apprécier la raideur cervicale dans la spondylarthrite ankylosante.  2, record 4, French, - distance%20nuque%2Dmur

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Actual round-back deformity is the result of wedging of the vertebrae below the region of the fifth, sixth, and seventh thoracic vertebrae. This wedging accentuates the kyphos which normally is present at the fifth, sixth, and seventh thoracic vertebrae.  2, record 5, English, - wedging

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 2 CONT

The wedging of vertebrae in Scheuermann's kyphosis is most common in the thoracic spine(upper back), with the apex of the curve typically between the T7 and T9 levels of the spine.  3, record 5, English, - wedging

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Son développement implique la cunéiformisation (wedging) des corps vertébraux et des disques intervertébraux, une torsion des vertèbres et la déformation des côtes.  2, record 5, French, - cun%C3%A9iformisation%20vert%C3%A9brale

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 2 CONT

La maladie de Scheuermann est très fréquente [...] : 60 % des adolescents présentent des signes radiologiques d'irrégularité des plateaux vertébraux, mais les lésions sévères avec cunéiformisation vertébrale et hypercyphose pathologique ne représentent que 5 à 10 %, avec une prédominance masculine [...]  1, record 5, French, - cun%C3%A9iformisation%20vert%C3%A9brale

Record 5,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 6,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A back that appears flat as a result of a decrease of normal lumbar lordosis and normal thoracic kyphosis.  2, record 6, English, - flat%20back

Record 6,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Absence de courbure à convexité postérieure de la colonne vertébrale ou absence d'une cyphose dorsale normale. Il s'accompagne en général d'une cyphose lombaire.  2, record 6, French, - dos%20plat

Record 6,  Textual support,  Spanish