Assessment of the Impact of Thoracic Outlet Syndromes on the Performance at Work

University Hospital, Lille101 enrolled

Overview

Thoracic outlet syndrome may associate neurologic, arterial and venous symptoms. The responsibility of repetitive movements and postural factors has been mentioned for long. Some tasks are hard to perform, and it seemed interesting to assess the consequences of this syndrome on the work capacity by a questionnaire, at the moment of diagnosis by Echo-Doppler

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

101

Conditions

Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

Interventions

questionnaireOTHER

Assessment of the impairment at work by a specific auto- questionnaire given after echo-Doppler that confirm the diagnosis

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * A stenosis of at least 80% of arterial stenosis at Echo-Doppler examination during abduction-retropulsion of the arm * Actually employed or having been employed Exclusion Criteria: * Cognitive or mental impairment * Illiteracy * Visual impairment * Patients having been diagnosed with fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome or ehler-Danlos syndrome

Locations (1)

Hôpital Swynghedau, CHU

Lille, France

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Frequency of an impairment at work

Time frame: Baseline: one session

Secondary Outcomes

Frequency of job loss

Time frame: Baseline: one session

Frequency of income loss

Time frame: Baseline: one session

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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