title: Prevention and treatment of exercise related leg pain in young soldiers; a review of the literature and current practice in the Dutch Armed Forces.
abstract: Overuse injuries of the leg are a common problem for young soldiers. This article reviews the literature concerning the prevention and treatment of exercise related leg pain in military settings and presents the latest developments in proposed mechanisms and treatments. Current practice and treatment protocols from the Dutch Armed Forces are reviewed, with an emphasis on the most prevalent conditions of medial tibial stress syndrome and chronic exertional compartment syndrome. The conclusion is that exercise related leg pain in the military is an occupational problem that deserves further study.
authors.affiliation: Department of Training Medicine and Training Physiology, Royal Dutch Army, Utrecht, The Netherlands.|University of the Uniformed Services of the Health Sciences (USUHS), Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: Wes O
authors.initials: WO
authors.lastname: Zimmermann
authors.affiliation: Department of Training Medicine and Training Physiology, Royal Dutch Army, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Helmhout
authors.affiliation: University of the Uniformed Services of the Health Sciences (USUHS), Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Beutler
mesh_terms: D000868:Anterior Compartment Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy; D012090:Cumulative Trauma Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy; D015444:Exercise; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg; D007869:Leg Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D058923:Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy; D008887:Military Medicine; D008889:Military Personnel; D059352:Musculoskeletal Pain / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D009426:Netherlands; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy; D010146:Pain / Q000517:prevention & control; D005082:Physical Exertion
keywords: chronic exertional compartment syndrome; exercise related leg pain; expert opinion; medial tibial stress syndrome; military; review