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EVALUATION OF STUDENTS' SELF-JOINT CRACKING HABITS: A CROSS-SECTİONAL STUDY

Muhammet Mustafa Gülaçtı,Mehtap Şahingöz Tahta,Yahya TAHTA,Fatma Nur Tiyek

  • Muhammet Mustafa Gülaçtı: Osmaniye Korkut Ata University
  • Mehtap Şahingöz Tahta: Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University
  • Yahya TAHTA: Health Ministry, Niğde Altunhisar State, Hospital
  • Fatma Nur Tiyek: Health Ministry
  •  Year : 2024
  •  Vol : 4
  •  Issue : 3
  •  Page : 127-132
Aim: Joint cracking behavior can become habitual due to the immediate release of joint tension and increased joint range of motion. Accordingly, this study aimed to evaluate the self-knuckle cracking habits of students studying at a university's Vocational School of Health Services.
Methods: The population of this descriptive cross-sectional study consisted of 203 volunteer students from a university's Vocational School of Health Services. Study data were collected with a survey form and descriptive statistics and Chi-square test were used to analyze the data.
Results: 72.9% of the students in the study group are female and the average age is 20.21±2.16 years. 68.5% of them describe the sound coming from the joint as cracking, and they mostly crack the finger joints (44.3%) and neck joints (26.6%). 52.5% of women and 19.5% of men stated that they cracked their neck joints 3 or more times a day, and the difference was found to be statistically significant (p<0.001). 77% of women and 92.7% of men stated that they were not afraid of cracking their joints (p<0.05). 50% of those who were afraid of cracking their finger joints and 87.9% of those who were not afraid stated that they cracked their finger joints 3 or more times a day (p<0.001). Of the students who were afraid of cracking their knuckles, 55.6% described the feeling of the sound after cracking their knuckles as bad, and 57.1% described the feeling of cracking someone else's knuckles as bad (respectively; p<0.001, p<0.001).
Conclusion: In our study, unlike the literature, the effect of fear of cracking joints on the individual's feeling of the sound of cracking his own joints and the feeling of cracking someone else's joints was examined and it was seen that it was effective on both.
Cite this Article As : Gulacti MM, Sahingoz Tahta M, Tahta Y, Tiyek FN. Evaluation of Students' Self-Joint Cracking Habits: A Cross-Sectional Study. Mev Med Sci. 2024; 4(3): 127-132

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