1.0Knee Hospitalshttps://www.kneehospitals.com/blogdrkneehttps://www.kneehospitals.com/blog/author/drknee/Crepitus: Definition, Uses, and Clinical Overview - Knee Hospitalsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="ToGbSXS2li"><a href="https://www.kneehospitals.com/blog/crepitus-definition-uses-and-clinical-overview/">Crepitus: Definition, Uses, and Clinical Overview</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.kneehospitals.com/blog/crepitus-definition-uses-and-clinical-overview/embed/#?secret=ToGbSXS2li" width="600" height="338" title="“Crepitus: Definition, Uses, and Clinical Overview” — Knee Hospitals" data-secret="ToGbSXS2li" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Crepitus is a cracking, grinding, popping, or crunching sensation felt or heard with joint movement. It is a descriptive clinical finding rather than a diagnosis. It is commonly discussed in knee exams, especially around the kneecap and cartilage surfaces. Clinicians also use the term in other joints, and in medicine more broadly, to describe certain crackling sensations in tissues.