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Compartment syndrome is a well-known concept in the medical profession. A lesser known version is that which develops not from injury but from “abnormal” positioning of the limb. Since the calf compartments are the most commonly affected, the term well-leg compartment syndrome (WLCS) has been used to describe this syndrome.
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Heppenstall et al. (1999) studied this question.
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