Cracking the knuckles is probably harmless

Re:Cracking the knuckles is probably harmless by caditinpiscinam on Sunday October 18, 2020 @05:16PM (#24821198)

Two studies supporting the claim of harmlessness are cited: the first analyzes a single subject; the second analyzes 28 subjects with no control group (it's looking at correlation). Doesn't seem very rigorous to me.

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Re:Cracking the knuckles is probably harmless by keithnz on Sunday October 18, 2020 @05:28PM (#24821256)

this is the "rigor" of the "larger study" of 28 was studied this way... :- "Twenty-eight patients (residents of a Jewish home for the aged) who were able to recall whether or not they cracked knuckles (and in the case of a positive response were able to demonstrate a KC maneuver) were examined clinically and by x-ray. "

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