Traumatic tear of the pectoralis major muscle during military parachute jumping - Estel K, Waldmann K, R öttel S, Heller R, Willy C, Back DA.

A tear of the pectoralis major (PM) muscle is a rare injury that is prevalent in men between 20 and 40 years of age and those in a military profession.1 2 In a 26-year-old soldier, an incorrectly attached parachute harness led to unintentional hyperabdu...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news