title: The consequences of habitual knuckle cracking.
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.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001168:Arthritis / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005384:Finger Joint; D006184:Habits; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008663:Metacarpus