The Nurse, Assessing a 68 Year-Old Female Patient, Notes an Exaggerated

The nurse, assessing a 68 year-old female patient, notes an exaggerated curvature of the thoracic spine when the patient bends at the waist. The nurse realizes that this finding is consistent with which of the following?

A) kyphosis and is a common curvature in older patients
B) kyphosis and the patient will have to have surgical correction of the deformity
C) scoliosis and is a normal curvature in the elderly
D) lordosis and is common in elderly patients