Chronic exertional compartment syndrome of the forearm diagnosed in a wider spectrum of patients and not seldom with a history of the same diagnosis in the lower legs.

Purpose: To identify patient characteristics associated with forearm chronic exertional compartment syndrome (CECS) and to demonstrate the distribution of intramuscular pressure (IMP) values at 1 min postexercise in a cohort of patients with exercise-induced forearm pain.

Methods: A consecutive series of 99 patients seeking orthopaedic consultation for chronic exertional forearm pain underwent IMP measurements between 2010 and 2023. The diagnosis of CECS was confirmed ( = 34) or ruled out ( = 65) based on the patient's history, clinical examination and IMP measurements.