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Case report
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EXERCISE-RELATED BILATERAL LEG ATYPICAL CLAUDICATION IN FEMALE OLYMPIC TAEKWONDO PLAYER: A CASE REPORT |
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Ramón Olivé Vilás1, Lorenzo Álvarez Rodriguez2, Montserrat Yeste Campos2, Antonio De la Torre Moran2 and Ferran Latorre Mas2 |
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1Department of Sports Medicine, and 2Department of Angiology, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa, Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain |
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© Journal of Sports Science and Medicine (2011) 10, 768 - 770 |
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| ABSTRACT | |||
| We report the case of an Olympic taekwondo athlete with an atypical
bilateral intermittent claudication that represented a handicap in her performance
during competition fight. Diagnosis of chronic compartment syndrome was
established by confirmation of compartment hypertension and the patient
was submitted to fasciectomy. Recurrence of symptoms like numbness or tingling
after 6 months raised the suspicion of deep compartmental hypertension that,
once confirmed, was treated by a repeat deep fasciectomy. New symptoms appeared
4 months after surgery but no hypertension in the compartment was detected.
Functional popliteal artery entrapment syndrome (FPAES) was suspected, an
unusual form of this syndrome, in which a hypertrophic plantaris tendon
as the cause of the entrapment was observed. Resection of the band was performed
in a third operation. The patient evolved favourably, maintaining high competition
level. Key words: Entrapment syndrome, popliteal artery, compartment pressure, lower extremity claudication. |
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