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<strong>Investigating</strong> <strong>lower</strong> <strong>leg</strong> <strong>chronic</strong> <strong>exertional</strong> <strong>compartment</strong> <strong>syndrome</strong>: A prospective comparative trial P. Brukner* 1,2 , L. Trease3 , K. Bennell1 , M. Kelly3 , C. Bradshaw2 & S. Bell2 1 2 Centre for Sports Medicine Research and Education, University of Melbourne, Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre, Melbourne, 3Alfred Hospital, Prahran Figure 1: Quantitative analysis of the mean (SD) pixel ratio of the antero-lateral <strong>compartment</strong> stress images by slice Mean pixel ratio 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Slice Print Index Positive CPT Negative CPT Table of Contents Quit