@article{ref1,
title="Military occupations most affected by head/sensory injuries and the potential job impact of those injuries",
journal="Military medicine",
year="2016",
author="Lawson, Ben D. and Kass, Steven J. and Dhillon, Maj Kieran K. and Milam, Lana S. and Cho, Timothy H. and Rupert, Angus H.",
volume="181",
number="8",
pages="887-894",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: Identifying Department of Defense (DoD) occupations affected by injuries to the head and sensory systems. <br><br>METHODS: We explored the Defense Medical Epidemiology Database to identify occupations with the highest incidence of injured personnel, then ranked how frequently they occurred in a top 10 list for each of four injury categories (head/brain, visual, auditory, vestibular) encompassing 25 injury codes. Across all four categories, the most affected occupations were identified, among which we chose three Army combat-related military occupational specialties (MOSs) for detailed study. We identified skills needed to perform these MOSs and explored whether MOS-critical deficits could be expected following the injuries. <br><br>RESULTS: Some DoD occupations are more likely to suffer from these injuries, including Infantry, Combat Operations Control, Artillery/Gunnery, Motor Vehicle Operator, Combat Engineering, and Armor/Amphibious. Within these DoD occupations, we explored three Army combatant MOSs: Infantry (11B), Cavalry Scout (19D), and Artillery (13B), confirming that these jobs are likely to be disrupted by injuries within the four categories. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Head and sensory injuries disproportionately affect certain military occupations. Relatively few injuries disrupt combat-related abilities that are job critical (e.g., firearms operation) and job specific (e.g., Artillery gunnery problems); these should be the focus of efforts to improve rehabilitation and RTD outcomes.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0026-4075",
doi="10.7205/MILMED-D-15-00184",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.7205/MILMED-D-15-00184"
}