U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Format

Send to:

Choose Destination

Chronic Exertional Compartment Syndrome

MedGen UID:
1711297
Concept ID:
C5392235
Disease or Syndrome

Definition

Compartment syndrome characterized by pain in muscle groups with elevated compartment pressures due most often exercise training in athletes. Most often encountered chronic exertional compartment syndrome is in the anterior or deep posterior compartments of the lower leg in athletes in training similar to POPLITEAL ARTERY ENTRAPMENT SYNDROME. [from MeSH]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVChronic Exertional Compartment Syndrome

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Nwakibu U, Schwarzman G, Zimmermann WO, Hutchinson MR
Curr Sports Med Rep 2020 Oct;19(10):438-444. doi: 10.1249/JSR.0000000000000762. PMID: 33031210
Lohrer H, Malliaropoulos N, Korakakis V, Padhiar N
Phys Sportsmed 2019 Feb;47(1):47-59. Epub 2018 Nov 5 doi: 10.1080/00913847.2018.1537861. PMID: 30345867
Vajapey S, Miller TL
Phys Sportsmed 2017 Nov;45(4):391-398. Epub 2017 Oct 3 doi: 10.1080/00913847.2017.1384289. PMID: 28952402

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Weiss C, Vogels S, Wee L, Janssen L, de Bie RA, Scheltinga MR
J Foot Ankle Surg 2022 Sep-Oct;61(5):1124-1133. Epub 2022 Feb 24 doi: 10.1053/j.jfas.2022.02.011. PMID: 35337738
Roth J, Neumann J, Tao M
J Am Acad Orthop Surg 2016 Mar;24(3):180-7. doi: 10.5435/JAAOS-D-14-00343. PMID: 26808173
Rajasekaran S, Finnoff JT
Phys Med Rehabil Clin N Am 2016 Feb;27(1):91-119. doi: 10.1016/j.pmr.2015.08.012. PMID: 26616179
George CA, Hutchinson MR
Clin Sports Med 2012 Apr;31(2):307-19. doi: 10.1016/j.csm.2011.09.013. PMID: 22341019
Wilder RP, Magrum E
Clin Sports Med 2010 Jul;29(3):429-35. doi: 10.1016/j.csm.2010.03.008. PMID: 20610031

Diagnosis

Williams S, Chen S, Todd NW
Clin Podiatr Med Surg 2023 Jan;40(1):1-21. Epub 2022 Oct 13 doi: 10.1016/j.cpm.2022.07.002. PMID: 36368837
Velasco TO, Leggit JC
Curr Sports Med Rep 2020 Sep;19(9):347-352. doi: 10.1249/JSR.0000000000000747. PMID: 32925373
Lohrer H, Malliaropoulos N, Korakakis V, Padhiar N
Phys Sportsmed 2019 Feb;47(1):47-59. Epub 2018 Nov 5 doi: 10.1080/00913847.2018.1537861. PMID: 30345867
Vajapey S, Miller TL
Phys Sportsmed 2017 Nov;45(4):391-398. Epub 2017 Oct 3 doi: 10.1080/00913847.2017.1384289. PMID: 28952402
Braver RT
Clin Podiatr Med Surg 2016 Apr;33(2):219-33. Epub 2016 Feb 3 doi: 10.1016/j.cpm.2015.12.002. PMID: 27013413

Therapy

Weiss C, Vogels S, Wee L, Janssen L, de Bie RA, Scheltinga MR
J Foot Ankle Surg 2022 Sep-Oct;61(5):1124-1133. Epub 2022 Feb 24 doi: 10.1053/j.jfas.2022.02.011. PMID: 35337738
McGinley JC, Thompson TA, Ficken S, White J
Clin J Sport Med 2022 Jul 1;32(4):355-360. Epub 2021 Apr 20 doi: 10.1097/JSM.0000000000000929. PMID: 34009799Free PMC Article
Moore C, Hulsopple C, Boyce B
Curr Sports Med Rep 2020 Jun;19(6):217-222. doi: 10.1249/JSR.0000000000000720. PMID: 32516192
Ding A, Machin M, Onida S, Davies AH
J Vasc Surg 2020 Nov;72(5):1802-1812. Epub 2020 May 27 doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2020.05.030. PMID: 32473344
Anil U, Dai AZ, Pham H, Werner J, Strauss EJ, Jazrawi LM
Bull Hosp Jt Dis (2013) 2019 Dec;77(4):230-232. PMID: 31785134

Prognosis

Velasco TO, Leggit JC
Curr Sports Med Rep 2020 Sep;19(9):347-352. doi: 10.1249/JSR.0000000000000747. PMID: 32925373
Sindhu K, Cohen B, Gil JA, Blood T, Owens BD
Phys Sportsmed 2019 Feb;47(1):27-30. Epub 2018 Oct 15 doi: 10.1080/00913847.2018.1530577. PMID: 30273097
Liu B, Barrazueta G, Ruchelsman DE
J Hand Surg Am 2017 Nov;42(11):917-923. doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2017.09.009. PMID: 29101975
Dwyer CL, Soong MC, Kasparyan NG
Hand (N Y) 2017 May;12(3):NP43-NP45. Epub 2016 Sep 15 doi: 10.1177/1558944716668826. PMID: 28453349Free PMC Article
Fraipont MJ, Adamson GJ
J Am Acad Orthop Surg 2003 Jul-Aug;11(4):268-76. doi: 10.5435/00124635-200307000-00006. PMID: 12889865

Clinical prediction guides

Weiss C, Vogels S, Wee L, Janssen L, de Bie RA, Scheltinga MR
J Foot Ankle Surg 2022 Sep-Oct;61(5):1124-1133. Epub 2022 Feb 24 doi: 10.1053/j.jfas.2022.02.011. PMID: 35337738
Vogels S, VAN Ark W, Janssen L, Scheltinga MRM
Med Sci Sports Exerc 2021 Aug 1;53(8):1549-1554. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000002631. PMID: 33731658
Salzler M, Maguire K, Heyworth BE, Nasreddine AY, Micheli LJ, Kocher MS
Sports Health 2020 May/Jun;12(3):304-309. Epub 2020 Mar 12 doi: 10.1177/1941738120907897. PMID: 32163722Free PMC Article
Anil U, Dai AZ, Pham H, Werner J, Strauss EJ, Jazrawi LM
Bull Hosp Jt Dis (2013) 2019 Dec;77(4):230-232. PMID: 31785134
Roscoe D, Roberts AJ, Hulse D, Shaheen A, Hughes MP, Bennett A
Gait Posture 2018 Jun;63:10-16. Epub 2018 Apr 9 doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2018.04.009. PMID: 29702369

Recent systematic reviews

Weiss C, Vogels S, Wee L, Janssen L, de Bie RA, Scheltinga MR
J Foot Ankle Surg 2022 Sep-Oct;61(5):1124-1133. Epub 2022 Feb 24 doi: 10.1053/j.jfas.2022.02.011. PMID: 35337738
Ding A, Machin M, Onida S, Davies AH
J Vasc Surg 2020 Nov;72(5):1802-1812. Epub 2020 May 27 doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2020.05.030. PMID: 32473344
Lohrer H, Malliaropoulos N, Korakakis V, Padhiar N
Phys Sportsmed 2019 Feb;47(1):47-59. Epub 2018 Nov 5 doi: 10.1080/00913847.2018.1537861. PMID: 30345867
Rajasekaran S, Hall MM
Curr Sports Med Rep 2016 May-Jun;15(3):191-8. doi: 10.1249/JSR.0000000000000261. PMID: 27172084
Campano D, Robaina JA, Kusnezov N, Dunn JC, Waterman BR
Arthroscopy 2016 Jul;32(7):1478-86. Epub 2016 Mar 24 doi: 10.1016/j.arthro.2016.01.069. PMID: 27020462

Supplemental Content

Table of contents

    Practice guidelines

    • PubMed
      See practice and clinical guidelines in PubMed. The search results may include broader topics and may not capture all published guidelines. See the FAQ for details.

    Recent activity

    Your browsing activity is empty.

    Activity recording is turned off.

    Turn recording back on

    See more...