 Muscle Cramp
"Muscle Cramp" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A sustained and usually painful contraction of muscle fibers. This may occur as an isolated phenomenon or as a manifestation of an underlying disease process (e.g., UREMIA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; etc.). (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1398)
| Descriptor ID |
D009120
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C05.651.475 C10.597.613.500 C23.888.592.608.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Muscle Cramp- Muscle Cramp
- Cramp, Muscle
- Cramps, Muscle
- Muscle Cramps
- Muscular Cramp
- Cramp, Muscular
- Cramps, Muscular
- Muscular Cramps
- Cramp
- Cramps
Limb Cramp- Limb Cramp
- Cramp, Limb
- Cramps, Limb
- Limb Cramps
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| 1986 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Muscle Cramp" by people in Profiles.
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Hellman KM, Kuhn CS, Tu FF, Dillane KE, Shlobin NA, Senapati S, Zhou X, Li W, Prasad PV. Cine MRI during spontaneous cramps in women with menstrual pain. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2018 05; 218(5):506.e1-506.e8.
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Guilhot F, Druker B, Larson RA, Gathmann I, So C, Waltzman R, O'Brien SG. High rates of durable response are achieved with imatinib after treatment with interferon alpha plus cytarabine: results from the International Randomized Study of Interferon and STI571 (IRIS) trial. Haematologica. 2009 Dec; 94(12):1669-75.
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Jaworski CA. Medical concerns of marathons. Curr Sports Med Rep. 2005 Jun; 4(3):137-43.
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Jacobsen JH, Rosenberg RS, Huttenlocher PR, Spire JP. Familial nocturnal cramping. Sleep. 1986; 9(1):54-60.
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