Managing nocturnal leg cramps - Calf-stretching exercises and cessation of quinine treatment: A factorial randomised controlled trial

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 55, Issue 512, 2005, Pages 186-191

  Coppin, Richard J ^a   Wicke, Dorothy M ^a   Little, Paul S ^b  

^a The Surgery   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exercise therapy; Muscle cramp; Nocturnal leg cramps; Primary health care; Quinine; Randomised controlled trials

Indexed keywords

QUININE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KINESIOTHERAPY; LEG CRAMP; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NIGHT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TABLET; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; DATA COLLECTION; EXERCISE THERAPY; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE RELAXANTS, CENTRAL; QUININE; SLEEP-WAKE TRANSITION DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 14944368215     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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