Rehabilitation programs for musculoskeletal injuries in military personnel

Current Opinion in Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 232-236

  Yancosek, Kathleen E ^a   Roy, Tanja ^b   Erickson, Mary ^c  

^a U S ARMY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c Virginia Office of the Surgeon General   (United States)

Author keywords

military deployment; musculoskeletal injuries; rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ANKLE SPRAIN; ARMY; ATHLETIC TRAINER; CONTUSION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PLANTAR FASCIITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRAINING;

HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES;

EID: 84857064586     PISSN: 10408711     EISSN: 15316963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOR.0b013e3283503406     Document Type: Review

References (31)

1. Hauret KG, Jones BH, Bullock SH, et al. Musculoskeletal injuries: Description of an under-recognized injury problem among military personnel. Am J Prev Med 2010; 38 (1 Suppl 1):S61-S70. This research effort provides a standard method for categorizing injuries, comparing trends across time, and evaluating outcomes of prevention efforts or interventions based on injury types or affected body regions.
2. Jones BH, Canham-Chervak M, Canada S, et al. Medical surveillance of injuries in the U.S. Military descriptive epidemiology and recommendations for improvement. Am J Prev Med 2010; 38 (1 Suppl):S42-S60.
3. Sanders JW, Putnam SD, Frankart C, et al. Impact of illness and noncombat injury during Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan). Am J Trop Med Hyg 2005; 73:713-719. (Pubitemid 41446719)
4. Clark ME, Bair MJ, Buckenmaier CCr, et al. Pain and combat injuries in soldiers returning from Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom: Implications for research and practice. J Rehabil Res Dev 2007; 44:179-194.
5. Kilian DB, Lee AP, Lynch L, Gunzenhauser J. Estimating selected disease and nonbattle injury Echelon I and Echelon II outpatient visits of United States soldiers and Marines in an operational setting from corresponding Echelon III (hospitalizations) admissions in the same theater of operation. Mil Med 2003; 168:293-297. (Pubitemid 36438366)
6. Wasserman GM, Martin BL, Hyams KC, et al. A survey of outpatient visits in a United States Army forward unit during Operation Desert Shield. Mil Med 1997; 162:374-379. (Pubitemid 27247114)
7. Brundage JF, Johnson KE, Lange JL, Rubertone MV. Comparing the population health impacts of medical conditions using routinely collected healthcare utilization data: Nature and sources of variability. Mil Med 2006; 171:937-942. (Pubitemid 44583075)
8. Service CR. American war and military operations casualties. Lists and Statistics 2010.
9. Hauret KG, Taylor BJ, Clemmons NS, et al. Frequency and causes of nonbattle injuries air evacuated from operations iraqi freedom and enduring freedom, U.S. Army, 2001-2006. Am J Prev Med 2010; 38 (1 Suppl):S94-S107.
10. Cohen SP, Brown C, Kurihara C, et al. Diagnosis and factors associated with medical evacuation and return to duty for service members participating in Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom: A prospective cohort study. Lancet 2010; 375:301-309.
11. Skeehan CD, Tribble DR, Sanders JW, et al. Nonbattle injury among deployed troops: An epidemiologic study. Mil Med 2009; 174:1256-1262.
12. Belmont PJ Jr., Goodman GP, Waterman B, et al. Disease and nonbattle injuries sustained by a U.S. Army Brigade Combat Team during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Mil Med 2010; 175:469-476.
13. Knapik JJ, Jones SB, Darakjy S, et al. Injury rates and injury risk factors among U.S. Army wheel vehicle mechanics. Mil Med 2007; 172:988-996. (Pubitemid 47427669)
14. Reynolds K, Cosio-Lima L, Creedon J, et al. Injury occurrence and risk factors in construction engineers and combat artillery soldiers. Mil Med 2002; 167:971-977. (Pubitemid 36005186)
15. Smith TA, Cashman TM. The incidence of injury in light infantry soldiers. Mil Med 2002; 167:104-108. (Pubitemid 34174218)
16. Jones BH, Canham-Chervak M, Canada S, et al. Medical surveillance of injuries in the U.S. Military. Am J Prev Med 2010; 38 (1S):S42-S60.
17. Leggat PA, Smith DR. Military training and musculoskeletal disorders. J Musculoskel Pain 2007; 15:25-32. (Pubitemid 47038141)
18. Rhon DI. A physical therapist experience, observation, and practice with an infantry brigade combat team in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Mil Med 2010; 175:442-447.
19. Roy TC. Diagnoses and mechanisms of musculoskeletal injuries in an Infantry Brigade Combat Team deployed to Afghanistan evaluated by the Brigade Physical Therapist. Mil Med 2011; 176. This research points out the risks of MSI in a deployed environment with mechanical low back pain (LBP) being the most common diagnosis and overuse being the most common mechanism of MSI. Data from this research show a difference in injury type based on the service members' military occupational specialty (MOS) suggesting that injury prevention and reduction strategies could be tailored toward the various MOS.
20. Roy TC, Ritland BM, Goldman SB, et al. Physical activity and injuries sustained by U.S. Army soldiers during the first three months of a deployment to Afghanistan. American Physical Therapy Association Combined Section Meeting. New Orleans; 2010.
21. Roy TC, Knapik JJ, MA S. Factors associated with low back injuries in soldiers during deployment to Afghanistan. Association of Military Surgeons of the United States Annual Meeting. San Antonio; 2011.
22. Ruscio BA, Jones BH, Bullock SH, et al. A process to identify military injury prevention priorities based on injury type and limited duty days. Am J Prev Med 2010; 38 (1 Suppl):S19-S33.
23. Jones BH, Knapik JJ. Physical training and exercise-related injuries. Surveillance, research and injury prevention in military populations. Sports Med 1999; 27:111-125. (Pubitemid 29123582)
24. Tomlinson JP, Lednar WM, Jackson JD. Risk of injury in soldiers. Mil Med 1987; 152:60-64.
25. Teyhen DS. Physical therapy in a peacekeeping operation: Operation Joint Endeavor/Operation Joint Guard. Mil Med 1999; 164:590-594. (Pubitemid 29383012)
26. Bell NS, Schwartz CE, Harford T, et al. The changing profile of disability in the U.S. Army: 1981-2005. Disabil Health J 2008; 1:14-24. (Pubitemid 351445379)
27. Anderson RS, editor. Army Medical Specialist Corps. Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army; 1968.
28. Greathouse DG, Schreck RC, Benson CJ. The United States Army physical therapy experience: Evaluation and treatment of patients with neuromusculoskeletal disorders. J Ortho Sports Phys Ther 1994; 19:261-266. (Pubitemid 24143220)
29. Dybel GJ, Seymour CJ. Identifying the physical demands of Army Reserve personnel during deployable medical systems training. Mil Med 1997; 162:537-542. (Pubitemid 27494620)
30. Mitchell JM, de Lissovoy G. A comparison of resource use and cost in direct access versus physician referral episodes of physical therapy. Phys Ther 1997; 77:10-18. (Pubitemid 27034275)
31. Parkkari J, Taanila H, Suni J, et al. Neuromuscular training with injury prevention counselling to decrease the risk of acute musculoskeletal injury in young men during military service: A population-based, randomised study. BMC Med 2011; 9:1-12.This research provides a description of an intervention (neuromuscular bodycontrol training and injury prevention education) that reduced upper extremity injuries and acute ankle injuries in male, Finnish soldiers. This intervention resembles that used by Musculoskeletal Action Teams with US service members.