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Query: UMLS:C0030567 (Parkinson's disease)
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Adult spinal deformity causing thoracolumbar hyperkyphosis is prevalent among the aging population, and is associated with impaired ADL and QOL. Corrective spine surgery is now developing for this common condition. Old patients with Parkinson's disease frequently have osteoporosis and vertebral compression fractures, which affect spinal deformity and postural abnormality. Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis and cervical spinal cord injury without bone injury are important spinal disorders in the aged. Neurologists should be aware of locomotive syndrome, including spinal disorders, for appropriate management of motor dysfunction in super-old patients.
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PMID:[Spinal Disorders in the Oldest-Old]. 3329 67