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PRE, DURING, AND POST EXERCISE ANTERIOR TIBIAL COMPARTMENT PRESSURES IN LONG DISTANCE RUNNERS |
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Panagiotis Baltopoulos  ,
Eugenia Papadakou, Maria Tsironi, Panagiotis Karagounis and George Prionas |
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Department of Functional Anatomy & Sports Medicine, University of Athens, Greece |
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© Journal of Sports Science and Medicine (2008) 7, 96 - 100 Search Google Scholar for Citing Articles |
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| The aim of the study was to assess pre, during, and postexercise
compartment pressures in the anterior tibial compartment in asymptomatic
long distance runners (5000 m) and recreational athletes. Forty-eight participants
(n = 48, 24 females and 24 males) underwent the experimental procedures.
The participants were assigned into 4 groups of 12 volunteers. Intracompartmental
pressures measurements were recorded 1 minute before, at the 1st minute
after the onset of exercise, and finally 5 minutes after the completion
of the exercise on treadmill. The wick catheter technique was the method
of choice for measuring intracompartmental pressure values. Post hoc analysis
of the groups by measures interaction indicated that all pairwise comparisons
among pre-test (1 minute before exercise), during-test (1st minute during
exercise), and post-test measures (5 minutes after exercise) were statistically
significant for male controls (p < .001), male athletes (p < .001),
female controls (p < .001) and female athletes (p < .001). The results
confirm the correlation between long distance runners and the increased
risk of chronic exertional compartment syndrome (CECS) development.
Key words: Compartment syndrome, athletes, wick catheter, intracompartmental pressures, runners. |
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