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ArticleNorth American journal of sports physical therapy : NAJSPT2007

Exercise Related Leg Pain (ERLP): a Review of The Literature.

Mark F Reinking

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Article in North American journal of sports physical therapy : NAJSPT, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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20citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 33% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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  17. Prevention of overuse sports injuries in the young athlete.The Orthopedic clinics of North America · 2013
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  18. A survey of exercise-related leg pain in community runners.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2013
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mark F ReinkingSaint Louis University, Doisy College of Health Sciences, Department of Physical Therapy.
Saint Louis University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Exercise related leg pain (ERLP) is a regional pain syndrome described as pain between the knee and ankle which occurs with exercise. Indiscriminant use of terminology such as "shin splints" has resulted in ongoing confusion regarding the pathoanatomic entities associated with this pain syndrome. Each of the pathoanatomic entities - medial tibial stress syndrome, chronic exertional compartment syndrome, tibial and fibular stress fractures, tendinopathy, nerve entrapment, and vascular pathology - which manifest as ERLP are each described in terms of relevant anatomy, epidemiology, clinical presentation, associated pathomechanics, and intervention strategies. Evidence regarding risk factors for ERLP general and specific pathoanatomic entities are presented in the context of models of sports injury prevention.

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PMID21522213
PMCPMC2953294
OpenAlexW66361290

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