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Cathelicidin‐related antimicrobial peptide mediates skeletal muscle degeneration caused by injury and Duchenne muscular dystrophy in mice

Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, 2022
Background Cathelicidin, an antimicrobial peptide, plays a key role in regulating bacterial killing and innate immunity; however, its role in skeletal muscle function is unknown.
Moon‐Chang Choi, Jiwon Jo, Myeongjin Lee, Jonggwan Park, Tso‐Pang Yao, Yoonkyung Park   +5 more
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Unknotting night-time muscle cramp: a survey of patient experience, help-seeking behaviour and perceived treatment effectiveness

Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 2012
Background Night-time calf cramping affects approximately 1 in 3 adults. The aim of this study was to explore the experience of night-time calf cramp; if and where people seek treatment advice; and perceived treatment effectiveness. Methods 80 adults who
Blyton Fiona, Chuter Vivienne, Burns Joshua   +2 more
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Effect of oral rehydration solution versus spring water intake during exercise in the heat on muscle cramp susceptibility of young men

Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition, 2021
Background Muscle cramp is a painful, involuntary muscle contraction, and that occurs during or following exercise is referred to as exercise-associated muscle cramp (EAMC).
Wing Yin Lau, Haruyasu Kato, Kazunori Nosaka   +2 more
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Effectiveness of Mouth Rinsing versus Ingesting Pickle Juice for Alleviating Electrically Induced Cramp in Physically Active Adults

Applied Sciences, 2021
(1) Background: Stimulating oropharyngeal transient receptor potential (TRP) channels inhibits muscle cramping by triggering a supraspinal reflex to reduce α-motor neuron hyperexcitability.
Julia Georgieva, Carly J. Brade, Kagan J. Ducker, Paul Davey, Angela Jacques, Masato Ohno, Andrew P. Lavender   +6 more
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Intradialytic Muscle Cramp and its Association with Peripheral Arterial Disease in End Stage Renal Disease Patients on Hemodialysis

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2014
Introduction: Muscle cramp is a common intradialytic complication observed in hemodialysis patients. Similarly Peripheral arterial disease is a common condition in the hemodialysis population.
Madhav Ghimire, Sanjib Kumar Sharma, Romila Chimoriya, Gopal Chandra Das   +3 more
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Water intake after dehydration makes muscles more susceptible to cramp but electrolytes reverse that effect

BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, 2019
Objective No previous study has compared water and oral rehydration solution (ORS) intake after dehydration induced by exercise in the heat for the effect on muscle cramps.
Wing Yin Lau, Haruyasu Kato, Kazunori Nosaka   +2 more
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Cathelicidin Modulates Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Phenotypic Switching through ROS/IL-6 Pathway

Antioxidants, 2020
Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) are stromal cells of the blood vessels and their differentiation is thought to be essential during atherosclerosis. Cathelicidin-related antimicrobial peptides (CRAMP) are suggested to play a role in the development of
Xiaoliang Dong, Di Wu, Yihan Zhang, Lingling Jia, Xiaohua Pan, Jia Sun, Li-Long Pan   +6 more
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Writing orthotic device for the management of writer's cramp

Frontiers in Neurology, 2013
Background: Oral therapies and chemodenervation procedures are often unrewarding in the treatment of focal, task-specific hand disorders such as writer's cramp or primary writing tremor.
Narayanasarma V. Singam, Alok eDwivedi, Alberto J Espay   +2 more
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Botulinum Toxin Therapy in Writer’s Cramp and Musician’s Dystonia

Toxins, 2021
Task-specific focal dystonia is characterized by muscle contraction(s) during a specific task, resulting in abnormal postures or movements. Specifically, writer’s cramp involves the upper extremity during the act of writing.
Elina Zakin, David M. Simpson
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Are electrically induced muscle cramps able to increase the cramp threshold frequency, when induced once a week?

Orthopedic Reviews, 2015
The cramp threshold frequency (CTF) is known to be positively correlated with the individual cramp susceptibility. Here we assessed CTF changes after two bouts of electrically induced muscle cramps (EIMCs).
Michael Behringer, Tobias Walter Link, Johannes Caspar Konrad Montag, Molly Leigh McCourt, Joachim Mester   +4 more
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