Prevalence of vascular pathology associated with self-reported symptoms of digital ischemia in (a)symptomatic elite male volleyball players in the Netherlands

Completed

Conditions: arterial disease of the shoulder
PCHA aneurysm
10002363

Registration Number: NL-OMON37489

Lead Sponsor: Academisch Medisch Centrum

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

Players with symptoms associated with PCHA pathology with digital emboli:
* Male volleyball players active in the Dutch national top league in the seasons 2010-2011 and/or 2011-2012.
* Players who report to *sometimes or more often suffer from cold or blue or pale digits in the dominant hand during or directly after practice or competition*.
* Written informed consent.;Players without symptoms of associated with PCHA pathology with digital emboli:
* Male volleyball players active in the Dutch national top league in the seasons 2010-2011 and/or 2011-2012.
* Players who do not report to *sometimes or more often suffer from cold or blue or pale digits in the dominant hand during or directly after practice or competition*.
* Written informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

* A history of surgery to the dominant shoulder.
* Age <18 years
* Lack of written informed consent.

Study & Design

Study Type: Observational non invasive

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Pulse volume recordings (triphasic/normal and non-triphasic/abnormal) of the<br /><br>fingers in the dominant and non-dominant hand using photoplethysmography</p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>* Peak systolic velocity (PSV) and luminal diameter and vessel characteristics,<br /><br>such as a sign of aneurysm, stenosis, occlusion, thrombus or dissection of the<br /><br>PCHA in the dominant shoulder using Color Doppler ultrasound<br /><br>* Prevalence and association of digital pathology and PCHA anomalies in<br /><br>symptomatic and asymptomatic elite Dutch male volleyball players.</p><br>