Abstract
To the Editor: Voluntary and habitual “cracking” of the cervical spine can be annoying to those within hearing distance. The motivation for this activity is unclear, but participants relate a vague sense of discomfort in the neck that is relieved by forceful lateral flexion. Neck cracking may be related to the more common knuckle cracking. We recently evaluated a patient whose case illustrates that such neck cracking may be injurious. A 20-year-old college student recalled making an unusually vigorous cracking maneuver of forcing his neck to the left. He immediately experienced right-neck pain, which subsided over a week. A month.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1072 |
Number of pages | 1 |
Journal | New England Journal of Medicine |
Volume | 318 |
Issue number | 16 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 21 1988 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Medicine