Esimweni esivamile, umgogodla we-dorsal (ophakathi kwentamo nomhlane ophansi) uveza i-curvature ene-posterior convexity. Ngokuphambene, isifunda sentamo kanye nomhlane ophansi kuveza i-curvature ene-convexity yangaphambili.

I-Kyphosis iyihaba le-convexity ye-dorsal region enikeza ingemuva indawo eyindilinga ngokweqile. Izingxenye zomlomo wesibeletho kanye ne-lumbar zomgogodla zinikeza i-arch exaggerated ukuze iphikisana ne-dorsal convexity ehambisana ne-kyphosis.

I-Kyphosis ingahlotshaniswa ne-scoliosis (ukuphambuka kwe-lateral komgogodla) okuholela ku-kyphoscoliosis.

Kunezinhlobo eziningana ze-kyphosis:

a) kyphosis izingane kanye nentsha. Kungaba ngenxa yokuthi:

- isimo esibi: ngokuvamile sixhunyaniswa nokuqeqeshwa kwamandla angemuva okunganele. Akukho ukukhubazeka okuphawulekayo kwamathambo omgogodla okubonakalayo.

-Isifo sikaScheuermann: kungenxa ye-anomaly ekukhuleni komgogodla womgogodla. Imbangela yalesi sifo ayikaziwa. Sihlasela abafana kaningi kunamantombazane. Ihlobanisa ukuqina emuva, ubuhlungu obandayo ngemva kokuhlala isikhathi eside noma ukuvivinya umzimba. Ukukhubazeka kobuhle bomhlane wesiguli kuvame ukuphawulwa. Ukuhlolwa kwe-x-ray komgogodla kwenza kube nokwenzeka ukwenza ukuxilongwa ngokubonisa ukukhubazeka okuthinta okungenani ama-vertebrae amathathu alandelanayo. Inkambo yalesi sifo iyaphela ekupheleni kokukhula, kodwa i-anomalies ye-vertebral exhunywe nesifo ihlala ingenakuhlehliswa.

b) i-kyphosis yabantu abadala ngokuvamile kuwuphawu lwesifo samathambo esivuvukalayo esibizwa ngokuthi i-ankylosing spondylitis. Lesi sifo sithinta kakhulu i-pelvis nomgogodla futhi singahlobanisa iqoqo lezimpawu: ubuhlungu obuhlangene okwenzeka ikakhulukazi ebusuku, ukuqina kweqolo, ukushisa, ukukhathala, ukuphazamiseka kwamathumbu. Ukuthuthuka kwayo akumahlalakhona futhi kuyashesha.

c) kyphosis kubantu asebekhulile ingase ihlobane ne:

-i-vertebral osteoporosis ebangela ukuwohloka kwe-vertebrae nokucindezelwa kwe-vertebral

-ukwehla kwama-intervertebral discs (uhlobo lwamaphedi atholakala phakathi kwe-vertebrae ngayinye)

Ezinye izimbangela, ezingavamile, kungaba nesibopho se-kyphosis:

- ukuhlukumezeka

- isifo se-neuromuscular (njenge-polio)

-ukukhubazeka kokuzalwa