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  2. Joint cracking - Wikipedia

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    Joint cracking is the manipulation of joints to produce a sound and related "popping" sensation. It is sometimes performed by physical therapists, chiropractors, and osteopaths [1] pursuing a variety of outcomes. The cracking of joints, especially knuckles, was long believed to lead to arthritis and other joint problems. However, this is not ...

  3. Can Knuckle Cracking Really Cause Arthritis? We Asked ... - AOL

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    Does knuckle cracking cause arthritis? There’s a longstanding rumor that persistent knuckle cracking can cause arthritis or other hand problems late in life, but that is a myth. Both Fedorczyk ...

  4. Osteoarthritis - Wikipedia

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    The most commonly involved joints are the two near the ends of the fingers and the joint at the base of the thumbs, the knee and hip joints, and the joints of the neck and lower back. [1] The symptoms can interfere with work and normal daily activities. [1] Unlike some other types of arthritis, only the joints, not internal organs, are affected ...

  5. Acquired hand deformity - Wikipedia

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    Inflammatory conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, gouty arthritis, and systemic lupus erythematosus can also contribute to hand deformities by affecting the joints. Degenerative arthritis, specifically osteoarthritis, functions to evoke impaired hand function due to the gradual deterioration of cartilage.

  6. Ulnar deviation - Wikipedia

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    Ulnar deviation, also known as ulnar drift, is a hand deformity in which the swelling of the metacarpophalangeal joints (the big knuckles at the base of the fingers) causes the fingers to become displaced, tending towards the little finger. [1]

  7. True or false: Cracking your knuckles causes arthritis - AOL

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    By DR. KAREN LATIMER My ten-year-old has this very annoying habit of cracking her joints – all of them – knuckles, back, wrists, ankles. If it can bend, she can crack it. The sound ...

  8. Heberden's node - Wikipedia

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    Heberden's nodes are hard or bony swellings that can develop in the distal interphalangeal joints (DIP) (the joints closest to the end of the fingers and toes). [1] They are a sign of osteoarthritis and are caused by formation of osteophytes (calcific spurs) of the articular (joint) cartilage in response to repeated trauma at the joint.

  9. Knuckle - Wikipedia

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    Anatomically, it is said that the knuckles consist of the metacarpophalangeal [1] (MCP) and interphalangeal (IP) joints of the finger. The knuckles at the base of the fingers may be referred to as the 1st [1] or major knuckles while the knuckles at the midfinger are known as the 2nd [2] and 3rd, or minor, knuckles.

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