Venous obstruction in healthy limbs: A model for chronic compartment syndrome?

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1638-1644

  Birtles, Deirdre B ^e   Rayson, Mark P ^a   Casey, Anna ^b   Jones, David A ^c   Newham, Di J ^d  

^a Optimal Performance Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Muscle fatigue; Muscle pain; Venous occlusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR TIBIAL SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUFF; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMB BLOOD FLOW; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; MYALGIA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; VEIN OCCLUSION; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARTMENT SYNDROMES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TIBIA; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0141754138     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.MSS.0000089347.55980.9D     Document Type: Article

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