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Intradialytic Muscle Cramp and its Association with Peripheral Arterial Disease in End Stage Renal Disease Patients on Hemodialysis

open access: yesJournal 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   +3 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Coffee and muscle cramps

open access: yesNeuromuscular Disorders, 2011
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Voermans, N.C., Engelen, B.G.M. van
openaire   +5 more sources

Unknotting night-time muscle cramp: a survey of patient experience, help-seeking behaviour and perceived treatment effectiveness

open access: yesJournal 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   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exercise-associated Muscle Cramps in Runners: A Review [PDF]

open access: yesBiyumikānīk-i varzishī, 2021
Objective: Exercise-associated Muscle Cramp (EAMC) is an intense, painful, and involuntary contraction of skeletal muscles during a physical activity. Runners are more prone to this syndrome than other athletes.
Ali Fattahi   +2 more
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Water intake after dehydration makes muscles more susceptible to cramp but electrolytes reverse that effect

open access: yesBMJ 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   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Botulinum Toxin Therapy in Writer’s Cramp and Musician’s Dystonia

open access: yesToxins, 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
doaj   +1 more source

Autism and mild epilepsy associated with a de novo missense pathogenic variant in the GTPase effector domain of DNM1

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Dynamin 1 is a GTPase protein involved in synaptic vesicle fission, which facilitates the exocytosis of neurotransmitters necessary for normal signaling. Pathogenic variants in the DNM1 gene are associated with intractable epilepsy, often manifested as infantile spasms at onset, developmental delay, and a movement disorder, and are located in ...
Davide Mei   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of Passive and Active Stretching Exercises on Controlling Leg Cramps for Patients undergoing Hemodialysis [PDF]

open access: yesEgyptian Journal of Health Care, 2021
Background: One of the most prevalent physical symptoms among patients undergoing hemodialysis is muscle cramping. Active and passive stretching exercises may be helpful in alleviating leg muscles cramps for those patients.
Walaa El shahat Ahmed El gammal   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Writing orthotic device for the management of writer's cramp

open access: yesFrontiers 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   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prevention of leg cramps by using compression stockings or magnesium supplements in the 50–84 age group: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

open access: yesTrials, 2021
Background Leg cramps are painful sensations of tightening in the muscles of the legs that commonly appear during the night and are often associated with secondary insomnia. They are common especially in older age. There is no evidence that any method of
Jenni Joensuu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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