Biopsychosocial problems experienced by renal disease patients were studied within a contextual framework the patients themselves defined, the findings being related to sociodemographic and medical data. Participants were 72 predialysis patients and 73 patients being treated by haemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis (106 men and 39 women, aged 18-84 years). Both stress-related global and situatio...

BACKGROUND Persistent high creatine kinase (CK) levels may reflect underlying subclinical myopathies. In most cases, pathogenesis is unknown and clinical management is unclear. Though clinically asymptomatic, these subjects are potentially susceptible to malignant hyperthermia. METHODS The authors analyzed 37 subjects with persistent elevation of CK without significant weakness or other neuro...

The clinical effects of plasma exchange and high dose intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) were evaluated in a 41 year old woman with Isaacs' syndrome. After double filtration plasma exchange, symptoms almost disappeared for two to three weeks and the recorded continuous muscle action potentials were considerably decreased. Symptoms recurred within a few months. On the other hand, IVIg worsened th...

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 adult-onset form of Pompe disease had a wide clinical spectrum, ranging from asymptomatic patients with increased CK to muscle cramps and pain syndrome or rigid-spine syndrome. In addition clinical severity and disease progression are greatly variable. We report on a family with 3 siblings characterized by an unusual adult-onset Pompe disease including dysphagia and weakness of tongue, axia...

BACKGROUND To investigate if the cramp threshold frequency (CTF) can be altered by electrical muscle stimulation in a shortened position. METHODS A total of 15 healthy male sport students were randomly allocated to an intervention (IG, n = 10) and a non-treatment control group (CG, n = 5). Calf muscles of both legs in the IG were stimulated equally twice a week over 6 weeks. The protocol was ...

McArdle disease (glycogen storage disease Type V; MD) is a metabolic myopathy caused by a deficiency in muscle glycogen phosphorylase. Since muscle glycogen is an important fuel for muscle during exercise, this inborn error of metabolism provides a model for understanding the role of glycogen in muscle function and the compensatory adaptations that occur in response to impaired glycogenolysis. ...

Cooled dialysate incites peripheral vasoconstriction and thus counter Intradialytic Hypotension (IDH). Currently, up to 70 percent of IDH patients rely on cooled ameliorate symptoms ranging from anxiety, restlessness, dizziness, muscle cramps, vomiting, nausea abdominal discomfort. Presently, there is a plethora research highlighting the effectiveness in ameliorating IDH. However, many these st...

2010;74;691 Neurology Hans D. Katzberg, Ahmir H. Khan and Yuen T. So of Neurology Technology Assessment Subcommittee of the American Academy evidence-based review) : Report of the Therapeutics and Assessment: Symptomatic treatment for muscle cramps (an January 10, 2013 This information is current as of http://www.neurology.org/content/74/8/691.full.html located on the World Wide Web at: The onl...

Infectious diarrhoea is an intestinal disturbance caused by a pathogenic microbe. One of the body's responses to such an infection is to try to flush the microbe out of the intestine. This occurs by water flowing from the body into the intestinal space and by increased intestinal muscle contractions. With more water in the intestine and the content travelling more quickly, the person experience...