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CYPHO-LORDOSE [1 record]

Record 1 2011-09-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

... increased lumbar lordosis with compensatory increased thoracic kyphosis ...

OBS

Unlike the lordotic back ... the swayback shows no compensatory lordosis in the cervical spine.

Key term(s)
  • kypho-lordosis
  • sway back

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

[...] exagération simultanée de la cyphose dorsale et de la lordose lombaire.

OBS

Il n'y a pas de lordose de compensation au niveau cervical.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistema musculoesquelético (Medicina)
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