Seiler J G, Womack S, De L'Aune W R, Whitesides T E, Hutton W C
Department of Orthopaedics, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30033.
J Orthop Trauma. 1993;7(5):414-6. doi: 10.1097/00005131-199310000-00003.
In 20 normal subjects, intracompartmental pressure measurements were made at three different sites in the volar forearm: half the distance between the medial epicondyle and ulnar styloid and at points 4 cm proximal and 4 cm distal. The pressure measurements were made using a hand-held digital compartment pressure monitor. The study demonstrated that in the uninjured volar compartment, clinically significant (5 mm Hg) intracompartmental pressure differences exist over distances as little as 4 cm.
