title: Muscle pain, fatigue, and fasiculations.
abstract: This article discusses muscle pain, fatigue, and fasiculations. Muscle pain and fatigue are common problems in general medicine and in neurology, while fasiculations raise concern about a potentially ominous disease. The author reviews the conditions that cause pain and similar conditions arising from nonmuscular soft tissues. The article includes a general evaluation to be used for each of these clinical problems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Kincaid
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005207:Fasciculation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005221:Fatigue / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D009120:Muscle Cramp / Q000209:etiology; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D059408:Pain Management; D011379:Prognosis