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Exhibit 31.1

I, Dan W. Gladney, Chief Executive Officer of Compex Technologies, Inc.,
certify that:



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| | 1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Compex
Technologies, Inc.;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
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| | 2. Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to
make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such
statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by
this quarterly report;
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| | 3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements and other financial
information included in this quarterly report fairly present, in all
material respects, the financial condition, results of operations and cash
flows of Compex Technologies, Inc. as of, and for, the periods presented in
this report;                  
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| | 4. The registrants other certifying officer and I are responsible for
establishing maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:                                                                                                       



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| | a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
supervision, to ensure that material information relating to
registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to
us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in
which this quarterly report is being prepared;    
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| | b) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrants disclosure controls
and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the
effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end
of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and                                                                                                     
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| | c) disclosed in this report any change in the registrants internal
control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrants
most recent fiscal quarter (the registrants fourth fiscal quarter in
the case of tan annual report) that has materially affected, or is
reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrants internal
control over financial reporting; and



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| | 5. The registrants other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on
our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to
the registrants auditors and the audit committee of the registrants board
of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):



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| | a) all significant deficiencies and material weakness in
the design or operation of internal control over financial
reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the
registrants ability to record, process, summarize, and report
financial information; and
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| | b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
management or other employees who have a significant role in the
internal controls of the registrants internal control over
financial reporting.                                                                     

Date: February 12, 2004

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| | /s/ Dan W. Gladney

Signature
Name: Dan W. Gladney
Title: Chief Executive Officer

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