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Dropped head syndrome
A spinal disease that is characterized by severe kyphotic deformity of the cervicothoracic spine and by severe weakness of the cervical paraspinal muscles that results in the passively correctable chin-on-chest deformity. This syndrome is defined by weakness of neck extensor muscles against gravity with or without weakness of neck flexor muscles.
This condition has no sub-types.