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Quinine for muscle cramps

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2015
Muscle cramps can occur anywhere and for many reasons. Quinine has been used to treat cramps of all causes. However, controversy continues about its efficacy and safety. This review was first published in 2010 and searches were updated in 2014.To assess the efficacy and safety of quinine-based agents in treating muscle cramps.On 27 October 2014 we ...
El-Tawil, Sherif   +6 more
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‘Acupinch’ for Muscle Cramps

The Physician and Sportsmedicine, 1977
(1977). ‘Acupinch’ for Muscle Cramps. The Physician and Sportsmedicine: Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. 98-98.
D L, Cooper, J, Fair
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Quinine for muscle cramps

2010
Muscle cramps can occur anywhere and for many reasons. Quinine has been used to treat cramps of all causes. However, controversy continues about its efficacy and safety.To assess the efficacy and safety of quinine in treating muscle cramps.We searched The Cochrane Neuromuscular Disease Group Register, The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (
El-Tawil, Sherif   +5 more
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Muscle Cramps

Archives of Internal Medicine, 1990
Painful involuntary skeletal muscle contractions, or cramps, are common patient complaints and may be classified as examples of true cramp, tetany, contracture, or dystonia. The pathophysiologic and clinical features of each of these diagnoses are described. The approach to the patient with cramps should emphasize the history, physical examination, and,
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Origin and Development of Muscle Cramps

Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews, 2013
Cramps are sudden, involuntary, painful muscle contractions. Their pathophysiology remains poorly understood. One hypothesis is that cramps result from changes in motor neuron excitability (central origin). Another hypothesis is that they result from spontaneous discharges of the motor nerves (peripheral origin).
MINETTO, MARCO ALESSANDRO   +3 more
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Neurogenic muscle cramps

Journal of Neurology, 2015
Muscle cramps are sustained, painful contractions of muscle and are prevalent in patients with and without medical conditions. The objective of this review is to present updates on the mechanism, investigation and treatment of neurogenic muscle cramps.
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Leg Muscle Cramps

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1981
To the Editor.— In their brief article, "Nocturnal Leg Muscle Cramps," Israel H. Weiner, MD, and Henry L. Weiner gave a simple physiological explanation for ordinary cramps. They said that when a muscle starts to contract at its shortest length, it shortens "beyond physiological limit into a painful cramp." This occurs because there is "no resistance ...
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[Muscle cramps].

Revue medicale suisse, 2022
Muscle cramps are very common and can reduce quality of life. There are multiple causes, including some physiological conditions, metabolic, endocrine, vascular disorders or neuromuscular diseases. Adequate management first requires differentiating cramps from other muscular phenomena.
Damien, Fayolle   +6 more
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Swimmer's Muscle Cramps

New England Journal of Medicine, 1952
AS a young physician, I was sternly taught never to submit any paper for publication that contained theory unsubstantiated by fact. Now that I have reached a riper age — indeed, one that approaches medical senility — I am wondering if the Journal's new section entitled "Medical Intelligence" may not offer me an outlet for some of those wonderful ...
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Muscle cramp syndromes

2007
Publisher Summary Muscle cramps are a common complaint and are caused by many diseases of muscle, peripheral nerve, and the central nervous system. Muscle cramps are frequently painful. Benign, physiological cramps are common in healthy people. They are typically localized to part of a muscle or one muscle.
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