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Background: In terms of primary evaluation, neurological disorders are known to have considerable importance. Materials and methods: This article has been update by searching in databases including: Scopuse, Medline, Embase and Aviation Medicine text books. Results: In this article we aimed to prepare an overview of neurology in aviation using current standard guidelines. These guidelines cover a range of neurological conditions such as: headache, seizures degeneration diseases, and peripheral neuropathy. Also, the role of routine neurophysiologic testing is discussed. Conclusion: As Neurological disorders are classified as one of the most prevalent reasons for disqualification among air-crew members, more research is needed to assess the impacts of decompression on neurological function
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Foot drop is a state that patient is unable to do dorsiflexion or extension of foot fingers. External pressure is the most important cause of this neuropathy. Among soldiers, following the heavy training, this complication may occur that cause frequent reference of soldiers to military hospitals wasting human force and economic load. Therefore, we decided to evaluate frequency of this disease and find methods to prevent. This study is a descriptive case series that was performed by studing hospital files of 42 patients during the years 2000 to 2003 and the data was analyzed by SPSS-11.5 sofware. Twenty-eight [66.66%] patients had training for one month, 12 patients had [28.57%] between 1-3 month and 2 patients had [4.77%] longer of 3 month. Six cases [14.29%] had complete injury and 36 cases had incomplete injury. Seven cases [16.67%] had complete recovery and 35 cases [83.33%] had incomplete injury and none had paralysis. Changes in NCV was detected but EMG was normal. Trauma following to military training probably due to squatting leads to foot drop