Review of National Work Programme on the Long Term Effects of Sustained High G on the Cervical Spine (Analyse du programme de travail national : les effets long terme sur la colonne cervicale d'un nombre de G lev et prolong )

Abstract

Empirical evidence, as well as long term studies with radiographic techniques, suggests that flying high performance aircraft has an adverse effect on the cervical spine of aviators. The RTO Group HFM-083 was created to determine the extent of the effects due to long term exposures to sustained G levels and to develop mitigation recommendations. Contributing nations have focused on diverse aspects of the problem, such as Aircrew questionnaires, countermeasures, treatment, characterization of the spinal pain beyond questionnaires, muscular activity (EMG), imaging (MRI), and modelling. Recommendations for future work are provided.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA499773

Entities

People

  • Karin Harms-ringdahl

Organizations

  • NATO Science and Technology Organization

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Airframes
  • Attack Helicopters
  • Databases
  • Health Services
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Information Science
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Aircraft
  • Military Pilots
  • Musculoskeletal Physiology
  • Orthopedics
  • Personnel Management
  • Rotary Wing Aircraft
  • Skeletal Muscle
  • Spine
  • Students
  • Test And Evaluation

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