title: Exercise induced compartment syndrome in a professional footballer.
abstract: Recurrent pain in the lower leg caused by exercise is a common problem in athletes. The main causes are exercise induced compartment syndrome, periostitis of the tibia, stress fracture, venous diseases, obliterative arterial diseases, and shin splints. Exercise induced compartment syndrome is the least common. A recurrent tightening or tense sensation and aching in anatomically defined compartments is pathognomonic. The symptoms are caused by abnormally high pressure in compartments of the leg during and after exercise. In this report, a case of exercise induced compartment syndrome in a professional footballer is described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kahramanmaras, Kahramanmaras, Turkey. ercancetinus@hotmail.com
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cetinus
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uzel
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bilgiç
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karaoguz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Herdem
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003161:Compartment Syndromes / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D012420:Running; D012916:Soccer