Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2017L01058:reg:6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2017L01058
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 6
Character Range: 1466–3275

6               Kind of injury, disease or death to which this Statement of Principles relates
(1)          This Statement of Principles is about popliteal entrapment syndrome and death from popliteal entrapment syndrome.
Meaning of popliteal entrapment syndrome
(2)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, popliteal entrapment syndrome means an acquired or congenital, partial or complete occlusion of the popliteal artery in the popliteal fossa, occurring during plantar flexion, in the presence of:
(a)          symptoms of intermittent lower limb claudication, exercise-induced leg pain, paraesthesia, or lower limb ischaemia, in the absence of other identifiable vascular risk factors that can account for those symptoms; and
(b)          appropriate clinical imaging studies that confirm partial or complete occlusion.
Note 1: Popliteal entrapment syndrome may cause intimal damage, thrombosis, distal embolism, post-stenotic dilation or aneurysm of the popliteal artery.  Popliteal artery entrapment may be accompanied by compression of the popliteal vein or tibial nerve.  Aberrant anatomy of a musculotendinous structure in the popliteal fossa may be present.
Note 2: Appropriate clinical imaging studies include Doppler ultrasonography, static or dynamic magnetic resonance imaging/magnetic resonance angiography, computed tomography angiography, conventional catheter-based angiography with provocation, and intravascular ultrasound.
Death from popliteal entrapment syndrome
(3)          For the purposes of this Statement of Principles, popliteal entrapment syndrome, in relation to a person, includes death from a terminal event or condition that was contributed to by the person's popliteal entrapment syndrome.
Note: terminal event is defined in the Schedule 1 – Dictionary.