Clinical Consensus on Diagnosis and Treatment of Patients with Chronic Exertional Compartment Syndrome of the Leg: A Delphi Analysis.

"Declarations FundingThis study was funded by the Alrijne Academy, Stichting Ziektekostenverzekering Krijgsmacht (SZVK), and the Dutch Ministry of Defense. No other support was provided. The article was not influenced in any way by the funding parties. Conflict of interestNone of the authors have any conflicts of interest to declare. Availability of data and materialAnonymous participant data is available via the corresponding author (SV) upon reasonable request. Ethics approvalEthics approval was not required for this study. ConsentParticipants agreed to the scientific use of their encoded data. DisclaimerThe opinions or assertions contained herein are the private views of the authors and are not to be construed as official or reflecting the views of the Department of Defense of the Netherlands or USA. Several authors and members of the expert panel are current or previous government employees. Authors’ contributionsER, BBvdB, and RH prepared the study set-up. SV and ER selected the potential panel members. SV, ER, BBvdB, MS, WZ, and RH constructed the questionnaires. SV and ER performed the study and collected the data. SV performed all statistical analyses and drafted all sections of the manuscript. All authors contributed to the revisions and the final version of the manuscript. Conflict of interest None of the authors have any conflicts of interest to declare."

"Funding This study was funded by the Alrijne Academy, Stichting Ziektekostenverzekering Krijgsmacht (SZVK), and the Dutch Ministry of Defense. No other support was provided. The article was not influenced in any way by the funding parties."