If an individual has a more than 40 percent curvature of the back, the doctor will investigate the possibility of Scheuermann's disease. Neurological signs are rare, but the highest point of the curvature is tender to the touch upon examination. The doctor will take x-rays, including a standing view, a view of the thoracic area from front to the back, and a lateral view from the side. X-rays evidence of increased curvature, narrowed intervertebral spaces, wedge-shaped vertebral bodies, and small vertebral indentations called Schmorl’s nodes confirm Scheuermann's disease.

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