title: Intracompartmental pressure measurements in the normal forearm.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30033.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Seiler
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Womack
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: De L'Aune
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Whitesides
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Hutton
mesh_terms: 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