The muscle's actions vary dependent on the position of forearm rotation. The ECU tendon passes through a fibro-osseous tunnel (the sixth extensor compartment) as it leaves the forearm, lying within a ...

Many tendons pass through the wrist in six anatomical tunnels called extensor tendon compartments. The NCBI notes that intersection syndrome (IS) occurs when tendons from the first compartment ...

(HealthDay)—In a case study published online April 14 in BMJ Case Reports, chronic exertional compartment syndrome of both flexor and extensor compartments of the forearm is described in a ...

Methods Using a Stryker intracompartmental pressure monitor, 41 participants underwent pressure measurements of the superficial extensor and flexor forearm compartments before and after exercise.