Arm Pump in Motorcross Training

Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy Individuals; Patients With Arm Pump

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02096796

S56412

Details and patient eligibility

About

Arm Pump is a sport specific term drivers use to describe Acute or Chronic Compartment Syndrome of the forearm. Drivers experience pain in the forearms due to increased blood pressure in forearm muscle compartments. No strategies nor methods have been used to diminish the risk to suffer from arm pump within motor cross.

This project aims to look at ergonomics of driving and its relationship with the occurrence of arm pump.

The investigators will first investigate the experience of motor cross athletes with arm pump through motor cross federations in Belgium and The Netherlands (survey).

Two groups of athletes will be selected (20 persons within each group) who will be invited to the motor cross track to investigate their hand grip strength, motor driving position, muscle activity.

Enrollment: 11 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 50 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• recreational or competitive motor cycling athletes
• with or without arm pump problems
• signing informed consent
• participation with their own motor bike
• Regular training hours

Exclusion criteria

• Inactive for more than 2 weeks before participation
• Pathology at shoulder, elbow or wrist level (except for arm pump)

Trial design

11 participants in 2 patient groups

persons without arm pump

persons with arm pump