Premium
Exertional Leg Pain in the Athlete
Author(s) -
Rajasekaran Sathish,
Kvinlaug Kylie,
Finnoff Jonathan T.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
pmandr
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.617
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1934-1563
pISSN - 1934-1482
DOI - 10.1016/j.pmrj.2012.10.002
Subject(s) - medicine , etiology , athletes , presentation (obstetrics) , physical therapy , incidence (geometry) , population , physical medicine and rehabilitation , pathophysiology , surgery , physics , environmental health , optics
Exertional leg pain is a common condition seen in athletes and the general population. Although the differential diagnosis of exertional leg pain is broad, this article focuses on the incidence, anatomy, pathophysiology, clinical presentation, diagnostic evaluation, management, and return‐to‐play guidelines of chronic exertional compartment syndrome and vascular and nerve entrapment etiologies.