Research Article

The effect of ankle position on intracompartmental pressures of the leg

Volume: 43 Number: 1 March 16, 2009
  • Dionysios Tsintzas
  • Subhajit Ghosh
  • Nicola Maffulli
  • John King
  • Nat Padhiar
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The effect of ankle position on intracompartmental pressures of the leg

Abstract

Objectives: We investigated differences in the intracompartmental pressures (ICP) of the leg in relation to various positions of the ankle joint in patients with chronic exertional compartment syndrome (CECS).
Methods: The study included 16 patients (10 males, 6 females; mean age 30±9 years, range 16 to 48 years) actively involved in various sports. Intracompartmental pressures were monitored with the use of slit catheters connected to a pressure transducer in 28 anterior and 14 deep posterior compartments before and after exercise during the following positions of the ankle joint: relaxed-resting, passive plantar flexion, neutral, and passive dorsiflexion. Alterations in ICP were assessed with reference to that measured in the relaxedresting position of the ankle.
Results: Significant increases in ICP were observed in both anterior and deep posterior compartments during dorsiflexion of the ankle, being 9.1±10.6 mmHg (p=0.0001) and 8±10.3 mmHg (p=0.001) in the anterior compartment, and 6.4±4.4 mmHg (p=0.0001) and 7.2±4.3 mmHg (p=0.001) in the deep posterior compartment before and after exercise, respectively. No significant increases were found in other positions of the ankle (p>0.05). While the lowest values of ICP were noted in the relaxed-resting position, plantar flexion of the ankle was associated with decreased ICP pressures.
Conclusion: Dorsiflexion of the ankle increases ICP significantly in both anterior and deep posterior compartments. The results of this study may have clinical implications for the conservative management of both CECS and tibial fractures. 

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English

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Health Care Administration

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Research Article

Authors

Dionysios Tsintzas This is me

Subhajit Ghosh This is me

Nicola Maffulli This is me

John King This is me

Nat Padhiar This is me

Publication Date

March 16, 2009

Submission Date

May 10, 2014

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Year 2009 Volume: 43 Number: 1

APA
Tsintzas, D., Ghosh, S., Maffulli, N., King, J., & Padhiar, N. (2009). The effect of ankle position on intracompartmental pressures of the leg. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, 43(1), 42-48. https://izlik.org/JA53YH94KH
AMA
1.Tsintzas D, Ghosh S, Maffulli N, King J, Padhiar N. The effect of ankle position on intracompartmental pressures of the leg. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2009;43(1):42-48. https://izlik.org/JA53YH94KH
Chicago
Tsintzas, Dionysios, Subhajit Ghosh, Nicola Maffulli, John King, and Nat Padhiar. 2009. “The Effect of Ankle Position on Intracompartmental Pressures of the Leg”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 43 (1): 42-48. https://izlik.org/JA53YH94KH.
EndNote
Tsintzas D, Ghosh S, Maffulli N, King J, Padhiar N (March 1, 2009) The effect of ankle position on intracompartmental pressures of the leg. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 43 1 42–48.
IEEE
[1]D. Tsintzas, S. Ghosh, N. Maffulli, J. King, and N. Padhiar, “The effect of ankle position on intracompartmental pressures of the leg”, Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 42–48, Mar. 2009, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA53YH94KH
ISNAD
Tsintzas, Dionysios - Ghosh, Subhajit - Maffulli, Nicola - King, John - Padhiar, Nat. “The Effect of Ankle Position on Intracompartmental Pressures of the Leg”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 43/1 (March 1, 2009): 42-48. https://izlik.org/JA53YH94KH.
JAMA
1.Tsintzas D, Ghosh S, Maffulli N, King J, Padhiar N. The effect of ankle position on intracompartmental pressures of the leg. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2009;43:42–48.
MLA
Tsintzas, Dionysios, et al. “The Effect of Ankle Position on Intracompartmental Pressures of the Leg”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 43, no. 1, Mar. 2009, pp. 42-48, https://izlik.org/JA53YH94KH.
Vancouver
1.Dionysios Tsintzas, Subhajit Ghosh, Nicola Maffulli, John King, Nat Padhiar. The effect of ankle position on intracompartmental pressures of the leg. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica [Internet]. 2009 Mar. 1;43(1):42-8. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA53YH94KH