Lower Leg, Ankle, and Foot Injuries
Fig. 11.1 Tibia stress fracture. (Note: dreaded black line) Fig. 11.2 Bone scan with focal uptake of tibia stress fracture Fig. 11.3 Tibia stress fracture status post intramedullary nail at…
Cervical Spine and Neck Injuries
Fig. 13.1 Bar graph comparing the incidence of all spine injuries as percentage of total combat-related injuries between the Korean War and Operation Iraqi Freedom. (Reproduced from Schoenfeld [6]; with…
Successful Injury Prevention Interventions
Fig. 15.1 Traditional four-step model of injury prevention Essential Elements for Military Injury Prevention Program Success In 2004, the Military Training Task Force of the Defense Safety Oversight Council chartered…
Traumatic Combat Injuries
Fig. 2.1 Historical comparison of wounding patterns by conflict for major military engagements of the USA from the Civil War (1861–1865) to the present. Data for combat-specific personnel are derived…
Musculoskeletal Injuries During Military Initial Entry Training
Modifiable risk factors Non-modifiable risk factors Body mass index Gender Muscle strength Age Pretraining fitness level Ethnicity Nutrition factors Lower extremity morphology Menstrual dysfunctions Genetics Muscle fatigue Previous injury history…
Elbow, Wrist, and Hand Injuries
Fig. 8.1 aPosteroanterior and b lateral radiographs of the forearm with ulnar stress fracture All the stress fractures described in the two studies were treated nonoperatively. The patients with complete…
Shoulder Injuries
Fig. 7.1 Percent distribution of body areas injured in sports by gender [5] Orthopedic injuries are the leading cause of disability for the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps,…
The Burden of Deployment-Related Non-battle Injuries (NBIs) and Their Impact on the Musculoskeletal System
Fig. 3.1 US Army hospitalization rates for disease and non-battle injuries during deployment compared to battle injuries from World War II (WWII) through Bosnia. (Adapted from Jones et al. [6]) While…
Thoracic and Lumbar Spine Injuries
Fig. 12.1 Seated position of pilot during flight Operating aircraft controls often requires frequent trunk rotation and lateral bending and maintenance of pelvic retroversion with notable differences between specific aircrafts…
Knee Injuries
Fig. 10.1 Rates of knee injury in active duty Army, 2000–2005: stratified by prior knee injury status (Rate per 1000 soldiers may fall in more than one category per year)…
