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CREPITATION ARTICULAIRE [1 record]

Record 1 2012-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

A clicking or crackling sound heard in movements of joints due to roughness irregularities in the articulating surfaces.

OBS

Fine crepitation is often palpable over joints involved by chronic inflammatory arthritis and usually indicates roughening of the opposing cartilage surfaces as a result of erosion or the presence of inflammatory synovitis or adjacent tenosynovitis. Coarse crepitation is also due to irregularity of the cartilage surfaces caused by either inflammatory or noninflammatory arthritis.

OBS

The term "crepitation of a joint" was recommended by the Medical Signs and Symptoms Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Crépitation perçue à la palpation d'une articulation à surface irrégulière.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Sistema musculoesquelético (Medicina)
DEF

Ruido que se prescribe en la articulación al moverla en ciertas afectaciones (artrosis).

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