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Chronic exertional compartment syndrome in a patient with restrictive cardiomyopathy and portal hypertension

By JOM Staff

12.09.22

Chronic exertional compartment syndrome (CECS) is a condition that produces exercise-induced pain and swelling due to a transient increase in compartment pressures. It is thought to be due to muscle hypertrophy and is classically associated with young athletes under 30, overtraining, anabolic steroid use, and aberrant running biomechanics.