Acute exertional compartment syndrome of the lumbar paraspinal muscles in a weightlifter. A case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Compartment syndrome (CS) is a well-known phenomenon in orthopaedics associated with traumatic injury to an extremity or over exertion which ultimately leads to prolonged and elevated intrafascial pressures. CS was initially described by Volkmann in 1881[1]. With any active muscle, there is a transient rise in intrafascial pressure from resting range of approximately 3 mmHg to 7.95 mmHg [2]. When this increase in pressure is too great or not transient, then a subsequent compartment syndrome develops. The consequences of such physiologic imbalance can induce muscle necrosis, nerve damage, vascular compromise, functional deficits, and potentially loss of limb[3,4]. Typical initial presentation of CS includes pain out of proportion to the severity of injury, which is intens

SUBMITTER: Baldwin EL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8820078 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature