ReviewJournal of athletic training2022
An Evidence-Based Review of the Pathophysiology, Treatment, and Prevention of Exercise-Associated Muscle Cramps.
Review in Journal of athletic training, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07262879 (Effect of Nurse-Led Intradialytic Stretching Exercises on Muscle Cramp Burden Among Patients Undergoing Maintenance Hemodialysis), which is not on this map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Effect of Nurse-Led Intradialytic Stretching Exercises on Muscle Cramp Burden Among Patients Undergoing Maintenance Hemodialysis: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Who cites it
12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.
- Risk Factors for Exercise-Associated Muscle Cramps: A Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis.Muscle & nerve · 2026Pooled it
- Applications of Wearable Sweat Biosensors in Sports Activities with Real-World Cases.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Review
- Effect of nurse-led intradialytic stretching exercises on muscle cramp burden among patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis: a randomized controlled trial.BMC nursing · 2026Article
- Surface mechanical properties as a potential upstream contributor to exercise-associated muscle cramp susceptibility: a hypothesis linking athlete-surface interaction, neuromuscular fatigue, and altered neuromuscular control.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
- Evaluating sports nutrition advice provided by general-purpose large language models for recreational female marathon runners: a multidimensional descriptive audit.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Effect of forearm compression sleeve on muscle fatigue during robotic surgery: a randomized controlled study.Journal of minimally invasive surgery · 2025Article
- A pharmacovigilance study of the association between linaclotide/plecanatide and muscle spasms based on food and drug administration adverse event reporting system.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Article
- A review of nutritional recommendations for scuba divers.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2024Review
- A scoping review on muscle cramps and spasms in upper motor neuron disorder-two sides of the same coin?Frontiers in neurology · 2024Article
- Muscle Cramps in Outpatients with Liver Diseases in Tokyo, Japan.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Article
- IOC consensus statement on recommendations and regulations for sport events in the heat.British journal of sports medicine · 2023Article
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5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Exercise-associated muscle cramps (EAMCs) are common and frustrating for athletes and the physically active. We critically appraised the EAMC literature to provide evidence-based treatment and prevention recommendations. Although the pathophysiology of EAMCs appears controversial, recent evidence suggests that EAMCs are due to a confluence of unique intrinsic and extrinsic factors rather than a singular cause. The treatment of acute EAMCs continues to include self-applied or clinician-guided gentle static stretching until symptoms abate. Once the painful EAMCs are alleviated, the clinician can continue treatment on the sidelines by focusing on patient-specific risk factors that may have contributed to the onset of EAMCs. For EAMC prevention, clinicians should obtain a thorough medical history and then identify any unique risk factors. Individualizing EAMC prevention strategies will likely be more effective than generalized advice (eg, drink more fluids).
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