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Has anyone ever had a patient where exertional compartment syndrome secondarily injured nerve roots in back due to exertional dorsiflexion weakness?
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Unlikely: While we are taught to try to explain all symptoms with a single diagnosis, it sounds like you have two separate issues assuming each was proven by appropriate testing.
Answered 1/13/2013
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