Posture and helmet configuration effects on joint reaction loads in the middle cervical spine

JM Barrett, CD McKinnon, CR Dickerson… - … medicine and human …, 2022 - ingentaconnect.com
INTRODUCTION: Between 43 and 97% of helicopter pilots in the Canadian Armed Forces
report neck pain. Potential contributing factors include the weight of their helmet, night vision …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of helmet mass and aircraft acceleration on cervical spine loads during typical fast jet aircraft pilot head motions

P Newman, A Riches, J Mara, W Spratford - Journal of science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Objectives Gravitational Force (Gz), head motion, and helmet mass are associated
with neck pain in high performance aircraft pilots. Few studies have quantified neck kinetics …

Cervical spine motion requirements from night vision goggles may play a greater role in chronic neck pain than helmet mass properties

JM Barrett, LA Healey, SL Fischer… - Human …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Chronic Neck Pain (CNP) among rotary-wing aircrew is thought to stem from
night vision goggles (NVG) and counterweight (CW) systems which displace the centre of …

Neck muscle activity during simulated in-flight static neck postures and helmet mounted equipment

CD McKinnon, CR Dickerson, ACT Laing… - Occupational …, 2016 - content.iospress.com
BACKGROUND: Static postures and heavy helmets elicit neck pain in many aircraft
personnel during or after flight. Helmet-mounted equipment can further increase neck …

[图书][B] On neck load among helicopter pilots: Effects of head worn equipment, whole body vibration and neck position

M Thuresson - 2005 - search.proquest.com
Introduction: Helicopter pilots complain of pain originating from the neck region. The causes
are still basically unknown, but the ergonomic situation when flying a helicopter, with …

The influence of neck posture and helmet configuration on neck muscle demands

JP Callaghan, AC Laing, CR Dickerson - Waterloo, Ontario, 2014 - apps.dtic.mil
Neck pain and associated musculoskeletal injuries are substantial issues for occupations
requiring the use of heavy helmets such as military pilots. Between 43 to 97 of military …

Exploring the interaction between head-supported mass, posture, and visual stress on neck muscle activation

P Le, CA Weisenbach, EHL Mills, L Monforton… - Human …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective Assess neck muscle activity for varying interactions between helmet, posture, and
visual stress in a simulated “helo-hunch” posture. Background Military aviators frequently …

Predicting cervical spine compression and shear in helicopter helmeted conditions using artificial neural networks

CAB Moore, JM Barrett, L Healey… - IISE Transactions on …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
OCCUPATIONAL APPLICATIONS Military helicopter pilots around the globe are at high risk
of neck pain related to their use of helmet-mounted night vision goggles. Unfortunately, it is …

Neck loads and postures experienced by Canadian Forces helicopter pilots during simulated day and night flights

KAM Forde - (No Title), 2009 - library-archives.canada.ca
Abstract<? Pub Inc> This exploratory study investigated neck loads and neck postures
experienced by Canadian Forces (CF) helicopter pilots during routine simulator day and …

Virtual Simulation and Analysis of a Neck Support Exoskeleton for Helicopter Pilots

T Gregory, D Nahavandi… - 2024 IEEE 4th …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Helicopter pilots experience high rates of occupational neck pain. This group sustain flexed
neck postures the majority of flight time. Increasingly flexed postures away from the neutral …