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Leg pain relief: surgery or exercise? new study aims to find out

NCT ID NCT03584815

Symptom relief Sponsor: Bispebjerg Hospital Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study compares two treatments for chronic leg pain caused by compartment syndrome: physiotherapy (with a focus on changing running style) and surgery (fasciotomy). The goal is to see if physiotherapy works as well as surgery, which could help more people avoid an operation. The study will include 72 adults aged 18 to 50 who have had symptoms for at least 3 months.

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Study facts

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Phase

Not a phased trial

Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.

Participants

About 72 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

May 2019

Expected to finish

Aug 2027

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

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Ages

18 to 50 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

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Inclusion criteria: * Age between 18 and 50 years * Symptoms for more than 3 months * Symptoms from both legs. Pain (cramp like, tight, burning or pressure) in the anterior part of the lower leg starting after approximately 10 minutes of exercise * Pain worsened with prolonged lower extremity exertion * Majority of pain relieved within 30 minutes of rest. Exclusion criteria: * Previous fasciotomy in the lower leg * History of serious trauma involving the lower leg (fracture, muscle/tendon rupture) * ASA (America Association of Anaesthesiologists Classification of Physical Health) \> 2 * Clinical symptoms consistent with unilateral anterior CECS or lateral and posterior CECS * Clinical symptoms consistent with lumbar spine radiculopathy, periostit/shin-splint, stress fracture, popliteal artery entrapment syndrome, isolated peroneal nerve entrapment, with isolated muscle fascia herniation.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

anterior compartment of tibia syndrome compartment syndrome

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Compartment syndrome nontraumatic lower leg

How to take part

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  1. The places running it

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Bispebjerg Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Copenhagen, Copehagen, 2400, Denmark

  • Bispebjerg Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Copenhagen, 2400, Denmark