The lumbar shape in females is thought to be unique, compensating for lumbar
hyperlordosis. Yet, the morphological adaptation of various vertebral parameters in the
thoracic and lumbar spine to this unique posture in young and adult females has only been
partially addressed in the literature. Our aim was to investigate the gender association to
vertebral shape in the thoracic and lumbar spine as a possible adaptation to lumbar
hyperlordosis in young and adult females. A three-dimensional digitizer was used to …

00152232-201010001-00162AbstractSpine: Affiliated Society Meeting AbstractsSpine:
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162A MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION OF THE THORACIC AND LUMBAR VERTEBRAE
TO LUMBAR HYPERLORDOSIS IN YOUNG AND ADULT FEMALESGP20. GENERAL
POSTERSMasharawi, Youssef1, 2; Dar, Gali2, 3; Peleg, Smadar2; Steinberg, Nili2, 4;
Medlej, Bahaa2; May, Hila2; Abbas, Janan2; Hershkovitz, Israel21 Spinal Research …