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

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

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

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