What chronic inflammatory disease characterized by the fixation or fusion of a vertebral joint can cause age-related postures?
a. Osteoporosis
b. Rheumatoid arthritis
c. Orthostatic hypotension
d. Ankylosing spondylosis
ANS: D
The body of the older adult patient assumes an altered shape with an increased forward thoracic curvature (kyphosis) and a flattening of the lumbar curvature.
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