A highlight from the 2009 Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony [AIR 15:6]: Acceptance speech for the prize in medicine [for cracking the knuckles of his left hand—but never cracking the knuckles of his right hand—every day for more than sixty (60) years] Donald L. Unger [in photo, accepting his prize from Nobel laureates Frank Wilczek, center […]
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Knuckle Cracking (1999)
Dr. Donald Unger [pictured here], who was awarded the 2009 Ig Nobel Prize in medicine, is not the only scientist to study knuckle cracking. Consider, if you will: “Consequences of Knuckle Cracking: A Report of Two Acute Injuries,” P.S. Chan, D.R. Steinberg, and D.J. Bozentka, American Journal of Orthopedics, vol. 28, no. 2, February 1999, […]
Knuckle Cracking (1975)
Dr. Donald Unger was awarded the 2009 Ig Nobel Prize in medicine for his more than 60-year-long personal investigation of knuckle-cracking. Here’s an earlier, though much more time-compressed, study by other scientists: “The Consequences of Habitual Knuckle Cracking,” Robert L. Swezey and Stuart E. Swezey, Western Journal of Medicine, vol. 122, no. 5, May 1975, pp. 377–9. […]
Interview with Dr. Knuckle-cracker
2009 Ig Nobel Medicine Prize winner Dr. Donald Unger gave an in-depth interview on KCAL-9 TV. Dr. Unger won his Ig for investigating a possible cause of arthritis of the fingers, by diligently cracking the knuckles of his left hand — but never cracking the knuckles of his right hand — every day for more […]