Knuckle cracking and hand osteoarthritis.

Effect of habitual knuckle cracking on hand function.

The relation of habitual knuckle cracking to osteoarthrosis with functional impairment of the hand has long been considered an old wives' tale without experimental support. The mechanical sequelae of knuckle cracking have been shown to produce the rapid release of energy in the form of sudden vibratory energy, much like the forces responsible for the destruction of hydraulic blades and ship pro...

Knuckle cracking: secondary hyperparathyroidism and what your mother did not tell you

INTRODUCTION Secondary hyperparathyroidism in end-stage renal disease patients has protean musculoskeletal manifestations. Some of our dialysis patients spontaneously vocalized that they had lost the ability to crack their knuckles and then experienced gratifying restoration after surgical parathyroidectomy. We propose that the physiology and mechanical basis of knuckle cracking would be affect...

Cracking the cracked knuckle: a medical student's take.

A Hybrid Model for Biometric Authentication using Finger Back Knuckle Surface based on Angular Geometric Analysis

Biometric based personal recognition is an efficient method for identifying a person. Recently, hand based biometric has become popular due to its various advantages such as high verificat ion accuracy and high user acceptability. This paper proposes a hybrid model using an emerging hand based biometric trait known as Finger Back Knuckle Surface. This model is based on angular geometric analysi...

The contractility of knuckle pads. An in vitro study.

Strips of tissue from knuckle pads contract in response to the myofibroblast stimulant mepyramine in a reversible, repeatable and dose-dependent manner. The significance of this finding is discussed.