Non-drug therapies for lower limb muscle cramps

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2017, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Hawke, Fiona ^a   Chuter, Vivienne ^a   Walter, Kate El ^b   Burns, Joshua ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY POSITION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; LEG CRAMP; MASSAGE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NERVE STIMULATION; PAIN SEVERITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SITTING; SLEEP QUALITY; SPLINTING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERMOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 85020540610     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008496.pub2     Document Type: Review

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