Die Wirbelsäule in der militärischen flugmedizinischen Begutachtung

Pippig, Torsten M.; Oertel, Matthias und Hohlbein, Wolf (2021): Die Wirbelsäule in der militärischen flugmedizinischen Begutachtung. In: Flugmedizin Tropenmedizin Reisemedizin, Bd. 28, Nr. 6: S. 307-312

Abstract

Pilots in military aircraft are exposed to high levels of physical stress. Spinal complaints are common among jet and helicopter pilots and can limit or exclude the performance and operational readiness of the aircraft crew. In the event of an aircraft accident and when using the rescue system (ejection seat, parachute), high forces act on the whole muscular skeletal system and the entire human body, injuries and death are possible. In the period from 2011-2020, a total of 4296 applicants were examined in the department Clinical Aviation Medicine of the Centre of Aerospace Medicine were examined anthropometrically and orthopedically (including MRI imaging of the entire spine) assessed. Taking into account the central military aeromedical regulation A1-831/0-4008 of the Bundeswehr, 395 applicants (9,2 %) were assessed as not fit for military flying duty, 3901 (90.8 %) were assessed as fit. Every applicant has the opportunity to apply for a special aero-medical waiver. 178 applicants submitted a waiver (42.3 %), 159 waiver procedures were decided positively, 19 waivers (11.2 %) were rejected.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Fakultät: Medizin
• Themengebiete: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften > 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
• ISSN: 1864-4538
• Sprache: Deutsch