The Consequences of Habitual Knuckle Cracking |
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| Authors: | Robert L. Swezey Stuart E. Swezey |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Medicine, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles;Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles |
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| Abstract: | Habitual knuckle cracking in children has been considered a cause of arthritis. A survey of a geriatric patient population with a history of knuckle cracking failed to show a correlation between knuckle cracking and degenerative changes of the metacarpal phalangeal joints. |
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