Low back pain, active component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2000-2009

During the 10-year period, 860,524 service members had their first (incident) low back pain-related medical encounter...

Thoracolumbar spine fractures, active and reserve components, 2000-2009

Throughout the 10-year period (including several years of intensive combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan), most thoracolumbar spine fractures of U.S. military members were caused by land and air transportation accidents or "falls and miscellaneous"...

Tendon ruptures, active component, U.S. Armed Forces, 2000-2009

Over the entire period, the incidence rate of any tendon rupture was nearly twice as high among males than females and more than two-thirds higher among black non-Hispanic than white non-Hispanic or other racial/ethnic group members...