I’ve got a weird question! What’s the data on cracking knuckles? Does it lead to permanent damage, arthritis, etc.? Asking as a longtime knuckle cracker and curious about my children. —Lifetime knuckle cracker, then parent There is relatively little data on this, but there is one excellent 2017 paper that studied 400 fingers (40 people, 10 fingers…
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