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Hoofbeats? Assume horses, not zebras.

The intro paragraph is a bit of a mess.

You know all those stories where people look up a symptom and get the worst possibilities first? I think it would do a lot of good to put the common causes at the top and the rarest at the bottom. At the very least, motor neuron disorders should not be above electrolyte imbalance.

// [NomadicVoxel] [_talk\^ctbs] 20:33, 31 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Skeletal muscle cramps

I've made some investigation to the sources. As I think most sources describe skeletal muscle cramps under the name "cramps" or "muscle cramps". Here's one source that says it directly:

Muscle cramps are painful, involuntary contractions of skeletal muscle
— Muscle cramps: a 'complication' of cirrhosis, P. J. Marotta, I. W. Graziadei, C. N. Ghent

Also sometimes cramps are called as "true muscle cramps" to distinguish it from other conditions. I think that the title "skeletal muscle cramps" would be more appropriate name to the article about cramps. And I found no sources that generalise soft muscle cramps and skeletal muscle cramps with exception of Britannica artcicle. But Britannica has many errors so I can't rely only on that source. So I doubt if combining those conditions is original research or not. D6194c-1cc (talk) 10:54, 8 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I think per WP:COMMONNAME the current title is correct. Alexbrn (talk) 14:37, 8 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Ambiguous or inaccurate names for the article subject, as determined in reliable sources, are often avoided even though they may be more frequently used by reliable sources
— WP:COMMONNAME

"Cramp" name is often used in reliable sources, but it is also ambiguous. Menstrual cramps are named cramps, but are not skeletal muscle cramps. Those cramps are reviewed separately from each other in reliable sources. D6194c-1cc (talk) 16:29, 8 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Given that Wikipedia articles are based on a coherent topic treated as such by reliable sources, rather than a specific term, I agree with the proposal to base the article around a distinct topic rather than the common use of the word "cramp". (t · c) buidhe 00:46, 9 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Merge proposal

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section. A summary of the conclusions reached follows.

The result of this discussion was no merge, given the absence of consensus with stale discussion and significant opposition. Excutient^Talk 19:47, 4 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Charley horse seems to be a colloquialism in some countries for a muscle cramp, usually in the leg. So, following an initial discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Medicine#Charley horse, I suggest that we merge Charley horse as a section on Cramp for reasons of context, overlap and short text. Lets continue the discussion here. Klbrain (talk) 08:29, 6 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Picture

The lead pictures doesn't really seem appropriate. What does it have to do with cramps? Tad Lincoln (talk) 05:18, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Agree. Gone. Velella ^{Velella Talk} 09:39, 22 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Feminine Cramps?

Shouldn't this article have a section on the cramps that women specifically feel?Inkan1969 (talk) 22:10, 25 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]