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Is there an explanation of why people's legs tend to want to jiggle like that? I get that and can never explain why. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.59.190|162.158.59.190]] 00:56, 2 March 2017 (UTC)
 
Is there an explanation of why people's legs tend to want to jiggle like that? I get that and can never explain why. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.59.190|162.158.59.190]] 00:56, 2 March 2017 (UTC)
 
: This is called [https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/restless-legs-syndrome/symptoms-causes/syc-20377168 Restless Leg Syndrome]. {{unsigned ip|172.69.69.16}}
 
: This is called [https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/restless-legs-syndrome/symptoms-causes/syc-20377168 Restless Leg Syndrome]. {{unsigned ip|172.69.69.16}}
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:: No it isn't, that's a compulsive urge to move your legs.  The leg bounce in the comic is a nerve reflex movement caused by the exact angle the joints in your leg make.  If you move your foot slightly you can't produce the same rhythmic motion.  It is not even a "subconcious" movement, because it is controlled entirely outside of your brain - it is the same mechanism that causes your leg to kick when the doctor hits it with a hammer - only this forms a cycle where the leg drops, stretching the tendon, which causes the reflex, which straightens your foot, lifting your leg, relaxing the tendon, only for your leg to drop again and so on.
 
  
 
Anybody else think that the earthquake comic in [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1037:_Umwelt] could be referencing this comic? Or does everybody consider that opinion to be stupid?--[[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.126|108.162.216.126]] 16:00, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
 
Anybody else think that the earthquake comic in [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1037:_Umwelt] could be referencing this comic? Or does everybody consider that opinion to be stupid?--[[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.126|108.162.216.126]] 16:00, 25 November 2019 (UTC)

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