Exertional leg pain in the athlete
  • Title: Exertional leg pain in the athlete
  • Open Access: Nee
  • Language: English
  • Year: 2012
  • DOI/URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmrj.2012.10.002
  • Publication Date: 01-12-2012
  • Journal: Elsevier - American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
  • Authors:
    Sathish Rajasekaran, Kylie Kvinlaug, and Jonathan T. Finnoff
  • Pubmed ID: 23245661

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.