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Information sheets were used to collect data about (a) personal demographics; (b) environmental conditions surrounding the parachute practice; and (c) parachute-related injuries. The incidence rate of injury was then calculated. Risk factors were examined using multilevel Poisson regression analysis and presented as incidence rate ratio (IRR) and 95% confidence interval (95% CI).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A total of 166 parachute-related injuries occurred in 4677 jumps. The incidence rate of injury was 35.50 per 1000 jumps (95%CI: 30.04\u201341.21). Factors significantly related to parachute injury included: jumping with equipment versus without equipment [adjusted IRR (95% CI): 1.28 (0.88\u20131.87)], higher wind speed [1.54 (1.27\u20131.87) per knot], airplane versus helicopter exit [1.75(0.68\u20134.55)], side versus rear exit [2.13 (1.43\u20133.23)], night versus day jumping [2.19 (0.81\u20135.90)], and presence of motion sickness [3.43 (1.93\u20136.92)].<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To prevent military static line parachute injuries, the following factors should be taken into consideration: type of aircraft, aircraft exit, time of the day, equipment, motion sickness and wind speed.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Trial registration<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The project was certified by the Research Ethics Committee, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University (IRB No. 697\/60).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s40779-020-00252-w","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,6,7]],"date-time":"2020-06-07T13:02:37Z","timestamp":1591534957000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Incidence and risk factors associated with injuries during static line parachute training in Royal Thai Army"],"prefix":"10.1016","volume":"7","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5811-7020","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Watcharaphat","family":"Maneechaeye","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kathawoot","family":"Deepreecha","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Wiroj","family":"Jiamjarasrangsi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"78","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,6,7]]},"reference":[{"key":"252_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"797","DOI":"10.3357\/ASEM.3061.2011","volume":"82","author":"JJ Knapik","year":"2011","unstructured":"Knapik JJ, Steelman R, Grier T, Graham B, Hoedebecke K, Rankin S, et al. 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