... followed by rapid spasms of alternate muscle relaxation and contraction producing convulsive jerking (clonic phase). The ... and by myoglobin in muscle tissue The muscle and blood of diving vertebrates have greater concentrations of haemoglobin and ... This may be followed by a tonic-clonic seizure consisting of two phases: intense muscle contraction occurs for several seconds ... Myoglobin concentration in locomotor muscles of diving vertebrates is up to 30 times more than in terrestrial relatives. ...

... followed by rapid spasms of alternate muscle relaxation and contraction producing convulsive jerking (clonic phase). The ... This may be followed by a tonic-clonic seizure consisting of two phases: intense muscle contraction occurs for several seconds ...

... followed by rapid spasms of alternate muscle relaxation and contraction producing convulsive jerking (clonic phase). The ... This may be followed by a tonic-clonic seizure consisting of two phases: intense muscle contraction occurs for several seconds ... Caulfield, JB; Shelton, RW; Burke, JF (1972). "Cytotoxic effects of oxygen on striated muscle". Archives of Pathology. 94 (2): ... Hart, George B; Strauss, Michael B (2007). "Gender differences in human skeletal muscle and subcutaneous tissue gases under ...

... is a pharmaceutical drug or other agent that suppresses muscle spasms. One type of antispasmodics is used for smooth muscle ... relaxation, especially in tubular organs of the gastrointestinal tract. The effect is to prevent spasms of the stomach, ... Mebeverine is a musculotropic spasmolytic with a strong and selective action on the smooth muscle spasm of the gastrointestinal ... Spasm may also be seen in movement disorders featuring spasticity in neurologic conditions such as cerebral palsy, multiple ...

Back muscle spasms often cause arching, called opisthotonus. Sometimes, the spasms affect muscles utilized during inhalation ... These neurotransmitters keep overactive motor neurons from firing, and also play a role in the relaxation of muscles after ... Similar spasms can also be a feature of trismus. The spasms can also affect the facial muscles, resulting in an appearance ... Laryngospasm (spasm of the vocal cords) and/or spasm of the muscles of respiration leads to interference with breathing. ...

Orthopedic casts are not advised as there could be pain if unrelaxed muscles are still trying to spasm out against the cast. ... Other solutions to promote relaxation are heat, gentle massaging, and mental distractions. The instability of joints, leading ... When a dislocation or subluxation does occur, muscle spasms and stress tend to occur, increasing pain and reducing the chances ... congenital muscle hypotonia and/or muscle atrophy that improves with age, proximal joint contractures of the knee, hip, and ...

Relaxation of muscle spasms; Prevention or retardation of disuse atrophy; Increasing local blood circulation; Muscle re- ... FDA Import Alert 10/02/2009 Electrical Muscle Stimulators and Iontophoresis Devices Muscle stimulators are misbranded when any ... Quoted from National Skeletal Muscle Research Center; UCSD, Muscle Physiology Home Page - Electrical Stimulation Salmons, S; ... Pette, Dirk; Vrbová, Gerta (1999). "What does chronic electrical stimulation teach us about muscle plasticity?". Muscle & Nerve ...

Thus camylofin has a comprehensive action to relieve smooth muscle spasm. It is used to treat stomach ache in infants and ... Direct smooth muscle relaxation is achieved by inhibiting phosphodiesterase type IV, which leads to increased cyclic AMP and ... Camylofin is a smooth muscle relaxant with both anticholinergic action as well as direct smooth muscle action. Anticholinergic ...

... would paralyze the muscles and reduce the postoperative pain caused by muscle spasm." The lateral pectoral nerve can be damaged ... Decreasing the pectoral muscle tone intraoperatively by neuromuscular relaxation (paralytic agents) or by a nerve block (local ... Spasms of the pectoralis major muscle and resulting severe pain (acute or chronic) may be reduced by pectoral nerve block or ... It is safe and relies on ultrasound imaging to localize the pectoralis major and minor muscles, the presumed course of the ...

Hence, the repolarization of cardiac muscles is hindered and the subsequent contraction and relaxation of cardiac muscles is ... Since high-dose potassium ions alone can also lead to seizures and muscle spasms, pain is felt by the euthanized animal before ... Muscle relaxants are drugs that relax the respiratory muscles, mainly the diaphragm and the intercostal muscles. Ingredients ... Cardiotoxic drugs act on cardiac muscles to cease muscle contraction. As the heart fails to pump blood to the body, other vital ...

Uncoordinated muscle contraction, cricopharyngeal spasm, or impaired relaxation of the inferior pharyngeal constrictor muscle ... The inferior pharyngeal constrictor muscle is a skeletal muscle of the neck. It is the thickest of the three outer pharyngeal ... The inferior pharyngeal constrictor muscle has a broad role in moving the lower part of the pharynx. As soon as a bolus of food ... Muscles of the neck. Lateral view. Side view of the larynx, showing muscular attachments. Inferior pharyngeal constrictor ...

For orthopedic impairments, combined effects of relaxation, warm water, and gentle movement decreases muscle spasm, provides ... muscle tone decreases, and recipients report a deep state of relaxation. Robert Scaer suggested that deep relaxation of Watsu ... muscle spasm (hypertonicity), and pain. By improving soft tissue mobility and decreasing spasm, patients can respond better to ... For healthy people, Watsu is used for relaxation, muscle stretching, and "nurturing connection". For physical rehabilitation, ...

They found that injection of the compound would result in a loss of consciousness and total muscle relaxation. Coupled with the ... Operating on this idea, they administered atropine to suppress such spasms, and found this treatment to be effective. In 1908, ... They hypothesized that the asphyxiation observed was the result of bronchial spasms. ...

... relaxation and rectal emptying is facilitated by anorectal straightening during squatting. The levator ani muscles ... Levator ani syndrome is episodic rectal pain caused by spasm of the levator ani muscle. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ ... The pubococcygeus muscle or PC muscle is a hammock-like muscle, found in both sexes, that stretches from the pubic bone to the ... The levator ani is made up of 3 parts: Iliococcygeus muscle Pubococcygeus muscle Puborectalis muscle The iliococcygeus arises ...

... is used therapeutically as a muscle relaxant. The indicated adult dose for muscle spasm is 25 mg to 150 mg per day, ... Tetrazepam has relatively little sedative effect at low doses while still producing useful muscle relaxation and anxiety relief ... It was formerly used mainly in Austria, France, Belgium, Germany and Spain to treat muscle spasm, anxiety disorders such as ... A reduction in muscle force can occur. Myasthenia gravis, a condition characterised by severe muscle weakness is another ...

... impaired relaxation and spasm of the cricopharyngeus muscle lead to an increase in pressure within the distal pharynx, so that ... located superior to the cricopharyngeus muscle and inferior to the thyropharyngeus muscle. Thyropharyngeus and cricopharyngeus ... Laimer's triangle is covered only by the circular layer of esophageal muscle. A combination of the simple barium swallow and a ... just above the cricopharyngeal muscle (i.e. above the upper sphincter of the esophagus). It is a pseudo diverticulum (not ...

... perilla frutescens in an aqueous extract form may result in the relaxation of the ciliary muscle in humans as well. Perilla ... A spasm of accommodation (also known as a ciliary spasm, an accommodation, or accommodative spasm) is a condition in which the ... Since spasm of accommodation is a result of contraction of the ciliary muscle, the goal would be to relax the ciliary muscle. ... relaxes the ciliary muscle and may hold hope for those suffering from spasm of accommodation. Nitroglycerin is currently being ...

... may refer to: Muscle contraction Convulsion, rapid and repeated muscle contraction and relaxation Fasciculation, a small ... involuntary muscle twitch that affects the muscles of the face Spasm, a sudden, involuntary contraction Tic, an involuntary, ... local, involuntary muscle contraction Myoclonic twitch, a jerk usually caused by sudden muscle contractions Myokymia, a ...

... than a normal muscle fiber. This results in prolonged contraction/delayed relaxation of the muscle.[citation needed] The ... severe masseter spasm, and cramping. The condition is sometimes referred to as fainting goat syndrome, as it is responsible for ... But once the muscles are warmed up, they can once again function normally. This can happen in various muscles, even in muscles ... often referred to as delayed relaxation of the muscles (myotonia) and rigidity. Symptoms include delayed relaxation of the ...

It is known that the activation of GPCR membrane proteins induces smooth muscle relaxation and vasodilation. This mechanism is ... Ingestion or exposure of strychnine can cause involuntary muscle contractions and spasms that can lead to death by asphyxiation ... The cell membrane becomes depolarized and the smooth muscle relaxes. The depolarization stimulates neurotransmitters that send ... is expressed in the taste receptor cells of the tongue palate epithelia and smooth muscle of human airways. They are organized ...

... relaxation, vertigo, dizziness, and muscle spasms which are primarily caused by the harmala alkaloids in ayahuasca. Long-term ...

... thus facilitating the relief of stiffness of joints and promoting relaxation of the muscles and decrease of muscle spasms. ... Diathermy is commonly used for muscle relaxation, and to induce deep heating in tissue for therapeutic purposes in medicine. It ... Short-wave diathermy usually is prescribed for the treatment of deep muscles and joints that are covered with a heavy soft- ... For example, in subcutaneous fat, relatively little energy is converted into heat, but in muscle tissues there is a much higher ...

... conscious involvement and relaxation of previously unconscious muscle movements) so that spasms occur less frequently or not at ... Both of these conditions are thought to be caused by muscle spasms of the either the levator ani muscle or the anal sphincter ... muscle respectively, and may overlap symptomatically with a third less-common condition called coccygodynia which is the result ...

The repetition of alternating cycles of contraction and subsequent relaxation help the treated muscle improve its range of ... severe muscle spasms or strains, severe osteoporosis, severe whiplash injury, vertebrobasilar insufficiency, severe illness, ... The practitioners claim to treat skeletal muscle immobility and pain by relaxing contracted muscles. Palpatory feedback by the ... Muscle energy techniques address somatic dysfunction through stretching and muscle contraction. For example, if a person is ...

... relaxation of muscle spasms prevention and retardation of disuse atrophy increase of local blood circulation muscle ... Moreover, alternating current could produce strong muscle contractions regardless of the condition of the muscle, whereas DC- ... induced contractions were strong if the muscle was strong, and weak if the muscle was weak. Since that time almost all ... What he called the 'warming effect' of direct currents irritated the skin, since, at voltage strengths needed for muscle ...

... muscle spasms, and stiffness, by promoting relaxation of muscle tissue and temporarily increasing local blood circulation.[ ... The WARP 75 is also used for the treatment of chronic pain, including the temporary relief of minor muscle and joint pain, ...

... and subsequent weight gain ataxia or impaired coordination and balance muscle relaxation trembling or muscle tremors and spasms ... muscle tremors or spasms as muscle relaxants, and chronic pain as analgesics. They may also potentially be used as anesthetics ...

... relaxation of the internal sphincter muscle of urethra, and contraction of the detrusor muscles Defecation Gastrointestinal ... Vomiting Miosis constriction of the pupils of the eye via stimulation of the pupillary constrictor muscles Muscle spasm: ... The neuromuscular junction, where the brain communicates with muscles (like the diaphragm, the main breathing muscle), works by ... As a result of cholinergic crisis, the muscles stop responding to the high synaptic levels of ACh, leading to flaccid paralysis ...

... causing a relaxation of the "spasm" which, in turn, allows local areas of inflammation, trapped within the painful tissue to ... It is a hands-on treatment that attempts to alleviate muscle and connective tissue tightness by the use of very specific ... This relaxation aims to restore normal joint mobility and release other structures in the region that may have been compressed ...

... long-acting benzodiazepine-receptor agonists with different receptor selectivity on motor coordination and muscle relaxation ... In uncontrolled studies, nitrazepam has shown effectiveness in infantile spasms and is sometimes considered when other anti- ... The muscle relaxant properties of nitrazepam are produced via inhibition of polysynaptic pathways in the spinal cord of ... GABA is a major inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain, involved in inducing sleepiness, muscular relaxation, and control of ...