Arm Pump in Motorcross Training

Hand Strength Grip and Ergonomics of Driving as Risk Factors in the Etiology of Arm Pump in Motorcross Training

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02096796

Enrollment

Registered

2014-03-26

Start date

2014-04-30

Completion date

2015-05-31

Last updated

2015-09-17

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Conditions

Healthy Individuals, Patients With Arm Pump

Brief summary

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.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 50 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

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)

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
motor ergonomics	March - June 2014 (3 months)	2D video-recording will be used to observe motor sitting position

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
hand grip strength	March - June 2014 (3 months)	Use of hand grip dynamometer (Biometrics) to measure hand grip strength.

Other

Measure	Time frame	Description
muscle activity	March - June 2014 (3 months)	Use of surface electromyography in order to record muscle activity of forearm and upper arm musculature

Countries

Belgium

Outcome results