[The current aspects of the computed tomographic and clinical diagnosis of degenerative changes in the spine of flight personnel].

The paper deals with the modern aspects of the computed tomographic and clinical diagnostics of the degenerative changes in the vertebral column of the pilots. There has been elaborated the classification of degenerative changes with consideration of the present-day requirements of clinical diagnostics and medical examination. The more frequently seen damages of intervertebral disks in the pilots in the form of protrusions and prolapses are indicated, the computed tomographic and clinical characteristics are compared.