fasciculation
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A fasciculation, or muscle twitch, is a spontaneous, involuntary muscle contraction and relaxation, involving fine muscle fibers. They are common, with as many as 70% of people experiencing them. They can be benign, or associated with more serious conditions. When no cause or pathology is identified, they are diagnosed as benign fasciculation syndrome.
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Within Vinony's link graph, fasciculation is referenced by 240 other articles, and connects out to hemiparesis, tetraplegia and heart.
It is catalogued under the topic Symptoms and signs: Nervous system.
Its subject is documented across 19 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Medical condition (new).name
- Fasciculation
- Medical condition (new).synonyms
- Muscle twitch
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- Bfs spasm.gif
- Medical condition (new).alt
- Animated image showing involuntary twitching in the upper eyelid of a young adult male
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- Animated image showing involuntary twitching in the upper eyelid of a young adult male
- Medical condition (new).field
- Neurology
via Wikipedia infobox
Research
3,946 papers- Twitchy about fasciculation.Practical neurology · 2020
- [The cramp-fasciculation-syndrome (CFS)].Fortschritte der Neurologie-Psychiatrie · 2020
- Clinical progression of benign fasciculation syndrome: a systematic literature review.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2025
- Fasciculation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: origin and pathophysiological relevance.Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry · 2017
- [Fasciculation potential and ALS diagnosis].Rinsho shinkeigaku = Clinical neurology · 2014
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- movement disorders
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- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C34606
- exact match
- purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0001308
- health specialty
- neurology
- Commons category
- Fasciculation
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Diagnosis
- Causes
- Risk factors
- Treatment
- Epidemiology
- See also
- References
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A fasciculation, or muscle twitch, is a spontaneous, involuntary muscle contraction and relaxation, involving fine muscle fibers. They are common, with as many as 70% of people experiencing them. They can be benign, or associated with more serious conditions. When no cause or pathology is identified, they are diagnosed as benign fasciculation syndrome.
==Diagnosis==
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