Conditions Presenting with Symptoms of Peripheral Arterial Disease

01 december 2014 Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is estimated to affect more than 20% of people older than 65 years. The vast majority of patients with symptoms suggestive of PAD have atherosclerosis often associated with conventional vascular risk factors such as...

Iliac artery endofibrosis in a middle-aged female long-distance runner

01 december 2014 Exercise-induced iliac artery endofibrosis is a recently described abnormality of the external iliac artery that typically affects younger, healthy endurance athletes. Characteristic of the initially termed cyclist's iliac syndrome is lower limb pain...

Arterial endofibrosis in endurance athletes: angiographic features and classification

01 oktober 2014 Purpose: To describe the spectrum of angiographic features of arterial endofibrosis and to assess the patterns of associated lesions. Materials and methods: This retrospective study was compliant with the declaration of Helsinki principles. Files of...

Vascular disorder in a competitive cyclist: a case report

01 oktober 2014 The purpose of this case report was to alert the physical therapist (PT) to the possibility of vascular disorders in endurance athletes with apparent musculoskeletal symptoms. A 33-year-old female injured her knee in a fall and described a history of...

Impairment of 40-km time-trial performance but not peak power output with external iliac kinking: a case study in a world-class cyclist

01 juli 2014 Iliac blood-flow restrictions causing painful and "powerless" legs are often attributed to overtraining and may develop for some time before being correctly diagnosed. In the current study, differences between actual performance parameters and...