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Pain and discomfort in deployed helicopter aviators wearing body armor.

Remington L RL Nevin and Gary E GE Means

Aviat Space Environ Med 80(9):807-10 (2009) PMID 19750878

In early 2007, U.S. Army helicopter aviators deployed to Afghanistan complained of increased pain frequency during flight. The aviators attributed this pain to body armor, which had not been worn prior to deployment. This study was conducted to investigate these complaints.

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