Table 2.
Physical functions in the study population.
| Total | Aircraft category | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fighter pilots | Helicopter pilots | Transport pilots | p-value | |||
| (N = 217) | (n = 114) | (n = 48) | (n = 55) | |||
| Hip ROM (°) | Medial rotation | 26.6 (7.4) | 25.3 (8.2) | 26.7 (5.8) | 29.2 (6.3) | 0.657 |
| Lateral rotation | 40.0 (11.0) | 36.3 (11.8) | 43.7 (9.2) | 44.3 (7.5) | 0.059 | |
| Fle/ext strength (%BW) | 0.98 (0.37) | 1.03 (0.34) | 0.87 (0.36)* | 0.99 (0.41) | 0.040 | |
| Endurance (s) | Flexor endurance test | 104.2 (50.3) | 108.4 (48.4) | 102.1 (53.3) | 97.4 (51.6) | 0.391 |
| Sorensen test | 88.0 (31.7) | 95.1 (28.4) | 85.8 (38.8) | 75.1 (27.5)# | <0.001 | |
| Side bridge | 65.5 (24.5) | 70.1 (24.5) | 58.9 (21.5)* | 61.7 (25.4) | 0.012 | |
| PRONE test (s) | 2.6 (4.0) | 2.9 (4.2) | 2.3 (3.8) | 2.4 (3.7) | 0.641 | |
| TrA activation (n) | 152 (70.0) | 76 (66.7) | 35 (72.9) | 41 (74.5) | ||
| TrA inactivation (n) | 65 (30.0) | 38 (33.3) | 13 (27.1) | 14 (25.5) | ||
| Hip strength (%BW) | Extensor | 0.35 (0.10) | 0.38 (0.09) | 0.31 (0.08)* | 0.33(0.10)# | <0.001 |
| Abductor | 0.20 (0.05) | 0.21 (0.05) | 0.19 (0.06) | 0.19 (0.04) | 0.035 | |
| Internal rotator | 0.16 (0.05) | 0.16 (0.05) | 0.14 (0.04) | 0.16 (0.05) | 0.100 | |
| External rotator | 0.17 (0.04) | 0.18 (0.05) | 0.16 (0.04)* | 0.16 (0.04)# | 0.024 | |
| Balance test (n) | 102 (47.0) | 49 (43.0) | 23 (47.9) | 30 (54.5) | 0.366 | |
Presented as mean (standard deviation) or as absolute values (percentages).
*
Indicated significant difference between flighter and helicopter pilots.
#
Indicated significant differences between flighter and Transport pilots.