Ankle to brachial pressure index in normal subjects and trained cyclists with exercise-induced leg pain

01 november 2001 Purpose: This study compared ankle to brachial pressure indices (ABPI) before and after maximal exercise in three groups in order to investigate maximal exercise testing and ABPI as a useful procedure for the differential diagnosis of exercise-induced...

Vascular complications in high-performance athletes

01 mei 2001 Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate our experience with the diagnosis and management of vascular injuries in a group of high-performance athletes. Methods: Between June 1994 and June 2000, we treated 26 patients who sustained vascular...

Pressure measurements at rest and after heavy exercise to detect moderate arterial lesions in athletes

01 april 2001 Purpose: This study defined how ankle arterial blood pressure measurements should be analyzed for the detection of moderate arterial disease (asymptomatic while walking). We used external iliac artery endofibrosis as a unique model of an isolated...

Magnetic resonance angiography used to detect kinking in the iliac arteries in endurance athletes with claudication

Arteriële insufficiëntie bij sporters op basis van endofibrose

04 augustus 2000 Arteriële insufficiëntie van de onderste extremiteiten bij sporters wordt niet altijd herkend en kan berusten op endofibrose van meestal de a. iliaca externa. Bij klachten van een zwaar, moe of verlammend gevoel en/of pijn bij intensieve...

External Iliac Artery Endofibrosis in a Young Cyclist

03 augustus 1999 An 18-year-old cyclist was referred to the laboratory for unexplained pain in his left lower limb during exercise. He had started competition at 14 years of age and had cycled ≈10 000 km/y in the preceding 5 years. He had complained for 18 months of a...

Echography of external iliac artery endofibrosis in cyclists

01 november 1993 Forty-eight cyclists were studied for suspected external iliac artery endofibrosis with ultrasound B-mode imaging. In highly trained competition cyclists, symptoms of external iliac artery endofibrosis were characterized by lower limb claudication...

Intermittent leg ischaemia during competition cycling

Stenotic intimal thickening of the external iliac artery in competition cyclists

01 mei 1990 Twenty-three cases of an arterial disease that affects competition cyclists are reported. Patients complained of intermittent acute claudication appearing on one lower limb only at the time of a maximal strain while cycling. Doppler hemodynamic...

External Iliac artery occlusion--another complication of long distance running?

Endofibrosis of the External Iliac Artery in Bicycle Racers : An Unrecognized Pathological State