Factors associated with night-time calf muscle cramps: A case-control study

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 339-343

  Hawke, Fiona ^a,b   Chuter, Vivienne ^b   Burns, Joshua ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^e SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calf muscle; Hamstring; Muscle cramp; Sleep disturbance; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DRUG USE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; LEG; LIFESTYLE; LIMB WEAKNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TWITCH; NIGHT TIME CALF MUSCLE CRAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSATION; SHOE; SLEEP; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD CIRCULATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH DYNAMOMETER; NEW SOUTH WALES; ODDS RATIO; PODIATRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SLEEP-WAKE TRANSITION DISORDERS;

EID: 84874287019     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.23531     Document Type: Article

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