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A 40-year-old member asked:
does knee clicking indicate a lack of knee cartilage?
2 doctor answers • 5 doctors weighed in
Dr. John Ayres answered
Orthopedic Surgery 37 years experience
No: Knee clicking or "crepitus" can be caused by a torn cartilage, ganglion cyst, patella chondromalacia, synovitis, swelling (also known as an "effusionn"), or knee laxity. Some normal knees click. Clicking is a nonspecific finding that can be associated with both normal and abnormal knees.
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Dr. Christopher Hajnik answered
Orthopedic Reconstructive Surgery 18 years experience
Not necessarily: Most knees make noise. While it can sometimes indicate pathology, without injury or pain, it is usually harmless.
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