Treatment of Painful Muscle Cramp Due to Heat Injury Using Shakuyakukanzoto

Evaluation of Strontium-89 in palliative treatment of widespread and painful bone metastases due to breast and prostate cancer [Persian]

Treatment of bone metastases comprises over 10% of the workload of a radiation-oncology center. Bone metastases produce severe pain and immobility, necessitate narcotic use, and reduce the quality of life. A good palliative treatment must be complete, free from side effects and fast; Thus we decided to evaluate Strontium-89 (89Sr) effectivity for palliation of breast and prostate cancer b...

A Patient Developed Painful Muscle Cramps due to Overeating Mangos

A 79-year-old woman had a habit to eat a mango every night before sleep and experienced muscle cramps during sleep. Her muscle cramps may be resulted from potassium overload due to overeating mangos.

Familial cramp due to potassium-aggravated myotonia.

Clinical, electrophysiological, and molecular genetic features were investigated in two patients from a family a with dominantly inherited myotonic disease, characterised by painful cramps, stiffness without weakness, fluctuation of symptoms, and cold sensitivity. A reduction in amplitude of the compound muscle action potential was demonstrated on cooling and administration of potassium, althou...

The incidence of muscle cramp.

Hallucis Muscle During Cramp Contractions

33 We analyzed individual motor units during electrically-elicited cramp contractions with 34 the aim of characterizing the variability and degree of common oscillations in their discharges. 35 Intramuscular and surface EMG signals were detected from the abductor hallucis muscle of 11 36 healthy subjects (age 27.0 ± 3.7 yrs) during electrically-elicited cramps. In total, 48 motor units 37 were ...