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This assessment would be recognized as a typical age-related change in the spine, often associated with osteoporosis or degenerative disc disease, leading to loss of height and kyphosis.

Answer :

Answer:

Dowager hump.

Explanation:

Dowager hump may be defined as the outward curvature of the upper's back thoracic vertebra. The compression of front portion in vertebra may occur due to the bending of spine in forward direction known as kyphosis.

A 70 year female patient is getting shorter and disbalane posture but her health assessment and notes a height loss in the kyphosis and vertebral column. The assessment is known as dowager hump.

Thus, the answer is dowager hump.

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