Back pain has remained an issue of malcontent among rotary-wing aircraft crew members for decades, occurring in the majority of military helicopter pilots with potential deleterious effects on performance, safety, and operational readiness. Participants (467) completed an anonymous survey including questions regarding demographics, airframes, experience, pain history and severity, ergonomics, mitigation strategies, and duty limitations. Overall, 84.6 of participants reported back pain at some time during their flying career with 77.8 reporting back pain in the last calendar year. A stepwise linear regression model was used to explore the relationships between age, flight hours, and years of aviation experience demonstrating age to be the significant variable accounting for the observed variance. Back pain rates were consistent with previous studies.


    Access

    Access via TIB

    Check availability in my library


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Back Pain in the U.S. Army Aviation Community


    Contributors:
    A. M. Kelley (author) / J. MacDonnell (author) / D. Grigley (author) / J. Campbell (author) / J. J. Pavelites (author) / T. H. Cho (author) / S. J. Gaydos (author)

    Publication date :

    2017


    Size :

    51 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




    Army Aviation -- Back to Its Roots

    R. Stinger | NTIS | 2009


    ARMY AVIATION

    Allport, Dave | Online Contents | 1995


    ARMY AVIATION

    Allport, Dave | Online Contents | 1995


    ARMY AVIATION

    Allport, Dave | Online Contents | 1995


    Spanish Army Aviation

    Online Contents | 2012