title: A study of the influence of body weight and height on military parachute landing injuries.
abstract: The weights and heights of 1,880 male military parachutists were recorded, and landing injury rates were calculated according to the weights and heights of the jumpers. Only the weight significantly influenced the injury rate. The set of data (weight, injury rate) are best fitted with a parabola of the form: y = 43.14 - 1.22x + 0.01x2. The concept of the maximal operating weight of a parachute is discussed with its implications for medical standards and for jumps with extra equipment.
authors.affiliation: Training Centre for Parachutists Schaffen, Belgium.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pirson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pirlot
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000337:Aerospace Medicine; D001359:Aviation; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*