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knuckle craking

Postby scott fairbrass » Jul 26th, '12, 17:48

does cracking our joints lead to arthritus, or is is just a old wifes tale?
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Re: knuckle craking

Postby Jamie » Jul 26th, '12, 19:41

I'm pretty sure it's a load of cobblers.

This report agrees.

http://www.jabfm.org/content/24/2/169
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Re: knuckle craking

Postby M Paul Lloyd » Jul 26th, '12, 19:54

Yep, very much with Jamie on this one. I have rather advanced arthritis but never cracked my knuckles..... for some reason they wouldn't, so no correlation there for a start. ;)
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Re: knuckle craking

Postby MikeG » Jul 28th, '12, 00:11

I remember reading an article in Focus about 2 years back(possibly more) which basically said that it's just another old wives tale.
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Re: knuckle craking

Postby M Paul Lloyd » Jul 28th, '12, 06:07

Yes I think you are right about that MikeG. ;)
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Re: knuckle craking

Postby MikeG » Sep 21st, '12, 07:20

“I prefer to make up my own quotes and attribute them to very smart people, so that I can use them to win arguments”
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