The nurse assessing a 68-year-old female patient notes an exaggerated curvature of the thoracic spine when the patient bends at the waist. With which alteration does the nurse recognize this finding to be consistent?
1. kyphosis, which is a common curvature in older patients
2. kyphosis, which the patient will have to have surgically corrected
3. scoliosis, which is a normal curvature in the elderly
4. lordosis, which is common in elderly patients
Correct Answer: 1
Kyphosis is common in older adult patients. Surgical correction of kyphosis is not a treatment method. Scoliosis is not a normal curvature in the elderly population. Lordosis is an increased lumbar curve and not a normal curvature in the elderly population.
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