Musculoskeletal Injuries: Description of an Under-Recognized Injury Problem Among Military Personnel

Abstract

Although injuries are recognized as a leading health problem in the military, the size of the problem is underestimated when only acute traumatic injuries are considered,. Injury-related musculoskeletal conditions are common in this young, active population. Many of these involve physical damage caused by micro-trauma (overuse) in recreation, sports, training, and job performance. The purpose of this analysis was to determine the incidence of injury-related musculoskeletal conditions in the military services (2006) and describe a standardized format in which to categorize and report them. The subset of musculoskeletal diagnoses found to be injury-related in previous military investigations was identified. Musculoskeletal injuries among nondeployed, active duty service members in 2006 were identified from military medical surveillance data. A matrix was used to report and categorize these conditions by injury type and body region.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA515227

Entities

People

  • Bruce H. Jones
  • Keith G. Hauret
  • Michelle Canham-chervak
  • Sara Canada
  • Steven H. Bullock

Organizations

  • United States Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Body Regions
  • Bone Fractures
  • Health Services
  • Injury Prevention
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • Pain
  • Public Health
  • Spine
  • Upper Extremity
  • Wounds And Injuries

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

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