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== Introduction == | == Introduction == | ||
Contractures are generally myogenic and can mimic cramps. | Contractures are generally myogenic and can mimic cramps. Often described by patients as exertional muscle stiffness or muscle cramping after arbitrary movement such as lifting heavy objects for more than a few seconds or after repetitive movements. Stretching the affected muscle during a contracture does not provide relief, and contractures generally last longer than muscle cramps. Painful contractures are prominent in metabolic myopathies such as McArdle disease, glycogenosis type V.<ref name=":0">Dijkstra JN, Boon E, Kruijt N, Brusse E, Ramdas S, Jungbluth H, van Engelen BG, Walters J, Voermans NC. Muscle cramps and contractures: causes and treatment. Practical Neurology. 2023 Feb 1;23(1):23-34.</ref> <ref>Berardo A, DiMauro S, Hirano M. A diagnostic algorithm for metabolic myopathies. Current neurology and neuroscience reports. 2010 Mar;10:118-26.</ref> | ||
== Definitions == | == Definitions == | ||
Contractures are defined as shortenings of the muscle resulting in an inability of the muscle to relax normally. | Contractures are defined as shortenings of the muscle resulting in an inability of the muscle to relax normally.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
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Introduction[edit | edit source]
Contractures are generally myogenic and can mimic cramps. Often described by patients as exertional muscle stiffness or muscle cramping after arbitrary movement such as lifting heavy objects for more than a few seconds or after repetitive movements. Stretching the affected muscle during a contracture does not provide relief, and contractures generally last longer than muscle cramps. Painful contractures are prominent in metabolic myopathies such as McArdle disease, glycogenosis type V.[1] [2]
Definitions[edit | edit source]
Contractures are defined as shortenings of the muscle resulting in an inability of the muscle to relax normally.[1]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dijkstra JN, Boon E, Kruijt N, Brusse E, Ramdas S, Jungbluth H, van Engelen BG, Walters J, Voermans NC. Muscle cramps and contractures: causes and treatment. Practical Neurology. 2023 Feb 1;23(1):23-34.
- ↑ Berardo A, DiMauro S, Hirano M. A diagnostic algorithm for metabolic myopathies. Current neurology and neuroscience reports. 2010 Mar;10:118-26.
