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  2. Hypnic jerk - Wikipedia

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    A hypnic jerk, hypnagogic jerk, sleep start, sleep twitch, myoclonic jerk, or night start is a brief and sudden involuntary contraction of the muscles of the body which occurs when a person is beginning to fall asleep, often causing the person to jump and awaken suddenly for a moment.

  3. What Muscles Are Used in Jumping Jacks? Trainers Break It Down

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    "The deltoids are located at the top of the arm and cover the shoulder joint," Julom explains. "When doing jumping jacks, the arms move up and down, engaging the deltoids and building strength and ...

  4. Myoclonus - Wikipedia

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    Barbiturates slow down the central nervous system and cause tranquilizing or antiseizure effects. Phenytoin and primidone are effective antiepileptics drugs, although phenytoin can cause liver failure or have other harmful long-term effects in patients with PME. Sodium valproate is an alternative therapy for myoclonus and can be used either ...

  5. Rebound exercise - Wikipedia

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    A pair of jumpers A mini-trampoline.. Rebound exercise (or “rebounding”) is a type of elastically leveraged low-impact exercise usually performed on a device known as a rebounder—sometimes called a "mini-trampoline" or "fitness trampoline"—which is directly descended from regular sports or athletic trampolines.

  6. Here’s why everyone’s jumping on the trampoline fitness craze ...

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    Here’s why everyone’s jumping on the trampoline fitness craze, according to an expert ... Gonna graduate up in time then add some weights for my arms!,” ... Hoomqing Bed Pillows 2 Pack, $27 ...

  7. Why Scaling Back On Your Workouts Is The Key To Bigger ... - AOL

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    Don’t just jump back into your regular programming willy-nilly after a rest period—you’ll want to gradually ramp your volume and workouts back up so your body doesn’t take on too much ...

  8. Hypertonia - Wikipedia

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    Symptoms associated with central nervous systems disorders are classified into positive and negative categories. Positive symptoms include those that increase muscle activity through hyper-excitability of the stretch reflex (i.e., rigidity and spasticity) where negative symptoms include those of insufficient muscle activity (i.e. weakness) and reduced motor function. [5]

  9. Kohnstamm's phenomenon - Wikipedia

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    The arm will involuntarily rise. Russian scientists Victor Gurfinkel, Mikhail Lebedev and Yuri Levick used Kohnstamm's phenomenon to activate tonogenic structures in humans and thereby demonstrate postural automatisms, such as neck reflexes.