Related Links
The staff Orthopaedic Surgery Division at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center provide links to the following web sites for additional information:
- American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society
The American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society provides a guide to children's shoes. - Idiopathic Scoliosis
Idiopathic scoliosis is the most common type of spinal deformity confronting orthopedic surgeons. Its onset can be rather insidious, its progression relentless, and its end results deadly. Proper recognition and treatment of idiopathic scoliosis help to optimize patient outcomes. Once the disease is recognized, effective ways exist to treat it. - Muscular Dystrophy
Muscular dystrophy (MD) is a collective group of inherited noninflammatory but progressive muscle disorders without a central or peripheral nerve abnormality. The disease affects the muscles, with definite fiber degeneration but without evidence for morphologic aberrations. - Neurofibromatosis
Type 1 neurofibromatosis is a multisystemic disease. Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), also called von Recklinghausen disease or peripheral neurofibromatosis, is an autosomal dominant disorder. The entity is common and affects 1 in 4000 individuals. - Orthopaedic Connection
The Orthopaedic Connection provides an extensive list of documents in English and Spanish, including a section on pediatrics. - Orthoseek
Orthoseek, a source of information on pediatric orthopedics and pediatric sports medicine discusses Sever's Disease. - Pain Pals
Pain Pals explains Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) to children. - Preventing post-laminectomy spinal deformity in children with intramedullary spinal cord tumors
- Spine-health
Spine-health.com provides comprehensive, highly informative and useful resources for understanding, preventing and seeking appropriate treatment for back and neck pain and related conditions. - The Physician and Sportmedicine
The Physician and Sportmedicine journal provides the following articles: - Elbow Injuries in Young Baseball Players
- Exercise for Overweight Kids
- Ankle Sprains: Expedient Assessment and Management
- Coping With Osgood-Schlatter Disease
- Osgood-Schlatter Disease: Practical Treatment for a Self-Limiting Condition
Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Association of America
The Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Association of America discusses facts and fiction about reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome (RSD). Scoliosis Research Society
The Scoliosis Research Society provides and in depth review of scoliosis. The Spine Corporation (SpineCor brace) To Parents of Children Born with Clubfeet
Parents of infants born with clubfeet may be reassured that their baby, if otherwise normal, when treated by expert hands will have normal looking feet with normal function for all practical purposes. The well-treated clubfoot is no handicap and is fully compatible with a normal, active life. Understanding Idiopathic ScoliosisFor more information, please contact the Orthopaedic Surgery Division at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 513-636-4454.
