Intracompartmental pressure measurements in the normal forearm.
In 20 normal subjects, intracompartmental pressure measurements were made at three different sites in the volar forearm: half the distance between the medial epicondyle and ulnar styloid and at points 4 cm proximal and 4 cm distal. The pressure measurements were made using a hand-held digital compartment pressure monitor. The study demonstrated that in the uninjured volar compartment, clinically significant (5 mm Hg) intracompartmental pressure differences exist over distances as little as 4 cm.
Seiler
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Department of Orthopaedics, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30033.
Womack
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De L'Aune
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Whitesides
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Hutton
W C
WC
D000328:Adult; D001825:Body Fluid Compartments / Q000502:physiology; D003161:Compartment Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D005542:Forearm / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011312:Pressure; D012016:Reference Values