俗话说:“人老矮三分。”进入老年期后,身高要比年轻时缩短至少3厘米左右,有的可达十几厘米,这便是“老缩”现象。“老缩”的原因主要有二:一是骨骼的改变。老年人骨与骨之间的软组织弹性减退,水分也渐渐丢失,于是由厚变薄,相邻两块骨骼发生融合,导致两骨关节面直接接触摩擦而 As the saying goes: “people are three-foot-long.” After entering old age, the height should be shortened by at least 3 centimeters or so, and up to 10 centimeters more than when young. This is the phenomenon of “old shrinkage.” There are two main reasons for the “shrinkage”: one is the change of the bones. Elderly bone and bone between the soft tissue elasticity diminished, water gradually lost, so from thick to thin, the adjacent two bones fusion, resulting in direct contact with the two articular surface friction and