Chronic exertional compartment syndrome: Muscle changes with isometric exercise

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1900-1906

  Birtles, Deirdre B ^a,b,c,d,e   Minden, David ^a,b,c,d,e   Wickes, Simon J ^a,b,c,d,e   Puxley, Ken P M ^a,b,c,d,e   Llewellyn, Michael G A ^a,b,c,d,e   Casey, Anna ^a,b,c,d,e   Rayson, Mark P ^a,b,c,d,e   Jones, David A ^a,b,c,d,e   Newham, Di J ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DSCA Headley Court ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

^d Optimal Performance Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterior tibial muscles; Fatigue; Pain; Strength

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FASCIA; HEART RATE; HUMAN; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; LEG PAIN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYALGIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SCORING SYSTEM; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0036898736     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-200212000-00007     Document Type: Article

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