ASSOCIATED FACTORS WITH A LOW BACK PAIN IN BRAZILIAN FIGHTER PILOTS.
Low back pain, aviatores, risk factors.
Introduction: low back pain is globally presented as a symptomatology of high prevalence, incidence and recurrence and is considered a public health problem. In military aviators, this is common condition and relates primarily to the high acceleration forces on the spinal column and inadequate positioning in the cockpit. As a consequence, there are frequent absences at work, decreased concentration and performance during flight, changes in work function, and fear of aviators in the emergence of future pathologies. Objective: to analyze the risk factors associated with low back pain in fighter pilots of Air Brazilian Force (FAB). Methods: This is an observational, cross-sectional study of 30 FAB fighter pilots, who will be submitted to an evaluation consisting of strength and resistance tests and trunk mobility, postural evaluation, lumbar spine magnetic resonance imaging and questionnaires for the identification of clinical risk factors. The data will be analyzed in the software SPSS 20.0, with a level of significance of 5%. The normality and homogeneity of the variances will be verified by the Kolmogorov-Smirnov and Levene tests, respectively, and then the corresponding statistical tests will be applied to analyze the correlation and comparison of the data.