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Calambres musculares - Overview

Nombres alternativos

Calambres en los músculos

Definición:

Son contracciones (movimientos) involuntarias, y a menudo dolorosas, de los músculos.

Consideraciones generales:

Los calambres musculares son comunes y se pueden interrumpir estirando el músculo afectado, el cual se puede sentir duro o que protruye.

Los calambres musculares son diferentes de las fasciculaciones musculares, las cuales se abordan por separado en otro artículo.

Causas comunes:

Los calambres musculares con frecuencia se presentan cuando un músculo se sobrecarga o se lesiona. Entrenar cuando usted no ha tomado los líquidos suficientes (está deshidratado) o cuando usted tiene niveles bajos de minerales, como potasio o calcio, también puede hacerlo más propenso a tener un espasmo muscular.

Los calambres musculares pueden ocurrir mientras usted practica tenis o golf, bolos, natación o hace cualquier otro ejercicio.

Los espasmos musculares también pueden ser provocados por las siguientes afecciones:

  • Reviewed last on: 7/23/2010
  • Linda Vorvick, MD, Medical Director, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Filho JAF, Pestronk A. Muscle pain and cramps. In: Bradley WG, Daroff RB, Fenichel GM, Jankovic J, eds. Neurology in Clinical Practice. 15th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Butterworth-Heinemann; 2008:chap 28.

Brinker MR, O'Connor DP, Almekinders LC, et al. Basic science and injury of muscle, tendon, and ligament. In: DeLee JC, Drez D Jr., Miller MD, eds. DeLee and Drez's Orthopaedic Sports Medicine. 3rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier;2009:chap 1.

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