Analysis of the occurrence of degenerative changes in the spinal column in military tank personnel in relation their body height
Maksimović, M.
Vojnosanitetski Pregled 53(4): 275-279
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-8450 PMID: 9229941 Document Number: 462014
The relation of tankers' body height to the level of their spinal column degenerative changes, as well as the frequency of painful vertebral syndrome, have been examined to note the effect of constrained body position on the onset of vertebral syndrome. Fifty examinees, tank commanders, divided into 2 body height groups, were included in the study. There were 25 examinees with body height up to 1,750 mm in group A and 25 examinees with body height > 1,760 mm in group B. The average body height of the studied population was 1,752 mm-1,716 mm in group A and 1,788 mm in group B. The investigation established no significant difference between studied groups - neither in degenerative changes on spinal column frequency, nor in painful vertebral syndrome frequency, which favors the conclusion that the total studied population had inappropriate body height for tank conditions, and therefore it reacted homogeneously to the tested harmful environment.