{"id":229956,"date":"2023-06-18T06:59:34","date_gmt":"2023-06-18T06:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=229956"},"modified":"2023-06-18T06:59:34","modified_gmt":"2023-06-18T06:59:34","slug":"nocturnal-myoclonus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/nocturnal-myoclonus\/","title":{"rendered":"Nocturnal myoclonus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"group w-full text-gray-800 dark:text-gray-100 border-b border-black\/10 dark:border-gray-900\/50 bg-gray-50 dark:bg-[#444654] sm:AIPRM__conversation__response\">\n<div class=\"flex p-4 gap-4 text-base md:gap-6 md:max-w-2xl lg:max-w-[38rem] xl:max-w-3xl md:py-6 lg:px-0 m-auto\">\n<div class=\"relative flex w-[calc(100%-50px)] flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3 lg:w-[calc(100%-115px)]\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col gap-3\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] flex flex-col items-start gap-4 whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light AIPRM__conversation__response\">\n<p>A medical condition characterized by the frequent awakening of patients during the night due to cramps or involuntary muscle contractions in the calf muscles is known as nocturnal myoclonus. This condition is also referred to as periodic limb movement disorder (PLMD).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A medical condition characterized by the frequent awakening of patients during the night due to cramps or involuntary muscle contractions in the calf muscles is known as nocturnal myoclonus. This condition is also referred to as periodic limb movement disorder (PLMD). &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-229956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-n"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Nocturnal myoclonus - Definition of Nocturnal myoclonus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A medical condition characterized by the frequent awakening of patients during the night due to cramps or involuntary muscle contractions in the calf muscles is known as nocturnal myoclonus. This condition is also referred to as periodic limb movement disorder (PLMD).\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/nocturnal-myoclonus\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nocturnal myoclonus - Definition of Nocturnal myoclonus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A medical condition characterized by the frequent awakening of patients during the night due to cramps or involuntary muscle contractions in the calf muscles is known as nocturnal myoclonus. This condition is also referred to as periodic limb movement disorder (PLMD).\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/nocturnal-myoclonus\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Glossary\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-06-18T06:59:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Glossary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Glossary\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/nocturnal-myoclonus\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/nocturnal-myoclonus\/\",\"name\":\"Nocturnal myoclonus - Definition of Nocturnal myoclonus\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-06-18T06:59:34+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-18T06:59:34+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5\"},\"description\":\"A medical condition characterized by the frequent awakening of patients during the night due to cramps or involuntary muscle contractions in the calf muscles is known as nocturnal myoclonus. This condition is also referred to as periodic limb movement disorder (PLMD).\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/nocturnal-myoclonus\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/nocturnal-myoclonus\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/nocturnal-myoclonus\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Nocturnal myoclonus\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/\",\"name\":\"Glossary\",\"description\":\"Difinitions\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5\",\"name\":\"Glossary\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/author\/adminglossary\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Nocturnal myoclonus - Definition of Nocturnal myoclonus","description":"A medical condition characterized by the frequent awakening of patients during the night due to cramps or involuntary muscle contractions in the calf muscles is known as nocturnal myoclonus. This condition is also referred to as periodic limb movement disorder (PLMD).","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/nocturnal-myoclonus\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Nocturnal myoclonus - Definition of Nocturnal myoclonus","og_description":"A medical condition characterized by the frequent awakening of patients during the night due to cramps or involuntary muscle contractions in the calf muscles is known as nocturnal myoclonus. This condition is also referred to as periodic limb movement disorder (PLMD).","og_url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/nocturnal-myoclonus\/","og_site_name":"Glossary","article_published_time":"2023-06-18T06:59:34+00:00","author":"Glossary","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Glossary","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/nocturnal-myoclonus\/","url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/nocturnal-myoclonus\/","name":"Nocturnal myoclonus - Definition of Nocturnal myoclonus","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-06-18T06:59:34+00:00","dateModified":"2023-06-18T06:59:34+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5"},"description":"A medical condition characterized by the frequent awakening of patients during the night due to cramps or involuntary muscle contractions in the calf muscles is known as nocturnal myoclonus. This condition is also referred to as periodic limb movement disorder (PLMD).","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/nocturnal-myoclonus\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/nocturnal-myoclonus\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/nocturnal-myoclonus\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Nocturnal myoclonus"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/","name":"Glossary","description":"Difinitions","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/#\/schema\/person\/ccfef987a4882e6356ae6d77d33e74c5","name":"Glossary","url":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/author\/adminglossary\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229956"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":229957,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229956\/revisions\/229957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}