Scientific research

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

01 July 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...

Lower Extremity Arterial Disease in Sports

01 July 1997 The recent description of exercise-induced intimal fibrosis affecting mainly the iliac artery (and therefore usually described as external iliac artery endofibrosis) has dramatically changed the diagnostic approach of unexplained recurrent lower limb...

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...