Pippig T, Kriebel J
FG Orthopädie am FlMedInstLw, D-82242 Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany.
Eur J Med Res. 2000 Jan 26;5(1):5-8.
On-duty and off-duty, military pilots of the Bundeswehr frequently complain of pains in the spine curtailing performance, reducing service hours and eventually leading even to unfitness for military flying duties. Such disorders may be caused by intervertebral disc alterations. In the period comprising August 1994 and December 1998, 286 pilots (8.1% of all A/C pilots or weapon systems officers of the Bundeswehr) with disc-related disorders in the areas of the cervical and of the lumbar spine were examined at the German Air Force Institute of Aviation Medicine. Helicopter pilots had significantly higher rate of intervertebral disc disorders compared to the group of jet pilots and transport A/C pilots (9.9% : 6.6%). The pilots had their first disorders at an average age of 39.2 yrs (jet p.: 37.6 yrs, helicopter p.: 40.4 yrs, transport A/C p.: 39.2 yrs). - Depending on the number of hours, namely after 2680 hours of flying on average, pilots had discopathies, (jet p.: 1830 h, helicopter p.: 3186 h, transport A/C p.: 2670 h). - Finally, the total group of pilots will be compared to a non-flying control group (consisting of air traffic control personnel of 11 army aviation regiments.
德国联邦国防军的军事飞行员无论执勤与否，都经常抱怨脊柱疼痛，这限制了他们的工作表现，减少了飞行时长，最终甚至导致无法胜任军事飞行任务。此类疾病可能由椎间盘病变引起。在1994年8月至1998年12月期间，德国空军航空医学研究所对286名在颈椎和腰椎区域患有与椎间盘相关疾病的飞行员（占联邦国防军所有飞机飞行员或武器系统军官的8.1%）进行了检查。与喷气式飞机飞行员和运输机飞行员组相比，直升机飞行员的椎间盘疾病发生率显著更高（9.9% ：6.6%）。飞行员首次发病的平均年龄为39.2岁（喷气式飞机飞行员：37.6岁，直升机飞行员：40.4岁，运输机飞行员：39.2岁）。——根据飞行时长，平均飞行2680小时后，飞行员出现椎间盘病（喷气式飞机飞行员：1830小时，直升机飞行员：3186小时，运输机飞行员：2670小时）。——最后，将全体飞行员组与一个非飞行对照组（由11个陆军航空团的空中交通管制人员组成）进行比较。
