Study of etiological factors of low back pain among military parachutists staff

ABSTRACT

The role of military life and work in the etiology of L.B.P. among military parachutists was the aim of this study. During the primary preparing period of training the main etiological factor of L.B.P. was the sudden stressed conditioning muscle exercises program. During training through the essential troop of jumping, the main etiological factor of L.B.P. was trauma particularly with the presence of the predisposing factors concerned with trauma such as congenital anomalies, degenerative changes of spine, dysfunctional lumbo-sacral angle rhythm, internal ear and labyrinthine system disease in addition to the psychological factors