Knuckle cracking and hand osteoarthritis

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 169-174

  DeWeber, Kevin ^a   Olszewski, Mariusz ^b   Ortolano, Rebecca ^c  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Knuckle cracking; Osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAND DISEASE; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HABITS; HAND JOINTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79952571298     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2011.02.100156     Document Type: Article

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