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Background: The excessive forward curvature of the thoracic spine, known as age-related hyper kyphosis, is a predictor of poor health outcomes and has been linked to challenges with physical function tasks. Acute osteoporosis-related pain episodes can cause periods of limited mobility and serious cardiac dysfunction in the elderly. Objective: This study's goal is to evaluate the effect of various therapeutic intervention on pulmonary function in individual with kyphotic osteoporosis. Methods: Following worldwide databases were searched for this systematic review: PubMed, Cochrane Library, and Google Scholar. The keywords "Kyphosis", "Osteoporosis" and "Respiratory function" are utilized. Title abstract phrases, related keywords, and Boolean operators ('OR' and 'AND') were all used in conjunction with the 'Advanced' search'. Duplicate records were eliminated from computerized systems using Mendeley Desktop software. Result: Total 466 studies were found after doing an advance search in four databases: Google scholar, Cochrane Library, PubMed. Due to duplication, 259 records were eliminated using Mendeley Desktop software. The titles and abstracts of the remaining 207 studies were reviewed based on the eligibility criteria. Following the initial scanning, 104 records were rejected as not satisfying the inclusion requirements. The remaining 103 full-text papers were reviewed and from these articles, 97 articles were removed for the reasons. Total of 6 studies were included in the qualitative analysis. Conclusion: Because of these results, the review conclude that exercises centred on the complete curvature of the spine can help adolescents with thoracic kyphosis by strengthening and improving the function of the back muscles and enhance pulmonary function.