Endofibrosis in athletes: is a simple bedside exercise helpful or sufficient for the diagnosis?

01 juli 2009 Objective: Ankle-to-brachial index (ABI) can be easily performed by all physicians. The Ruffier-Dickson (RD) test is an easy procedure to attain moderate exercise at the bedside for physicians who do not have an ergometer. Design: Retrospective...

Iliac artery compression in cyclists: mechanisms, diagnosis and treatment

07 mei 2009 Objectives: To review the mechanisms, diagnosis and treatment options for symptomatic iliac artery compression in cyclists. Methods: Pubmed, Medline, Embase and Google were searched using combinations of the terms 'iliac artery disease', 'iliac artery...

Endofibrosis of the External Iliac Artery

01 mei 2009 A 25-year-old male professional cyclist presented with claudication at his left leg. He consulted his sports physician two months ago with lumbalgia and ischiatiform pain at his left leg. MRI of the lumbar spine was performed and did not reveal any...

Unusual causes of intermittent claudication: Popliteal artery entrapment syndrome, cystic adventitial disease, fibromuscular dysplasia, and endofibrosis

08 maart 2009 In the general population, vascular causes of exercise-induced limb discomfort are most often the result of peripheral artery disease (PAD) due to atherosclerosis. However, several other clinical entities can often mimic the symptoms of atherosclerotic...