Cartilage Disorders

Anatomy/Physiology

1.	What Is Cartilage? Polychondritis Educational Society http://www.polychondritis.com/WhatisCartilage.html




2.	Joint Atlas Arthritis Foundation http://www.arthritis.org/resources/arthritistoday/2000_archives/2000_03_04_...

Children

1.	What's Cauliflower Ear? Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/kid/talk/qa/cauliflower_ear.html

Clinical Trials

1.	ClinicalTrials.gov: Tietze's Syndrome National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D013991&recruiting...




2.	ClinicalTrials.gov: Polychondritis, Relapsing National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D011081&recruiting...

Directories

1.	Member Directory Arthroscopy Association of North America http://www.aana.org/search/index.aspx




2.	Find an Orthopaedist American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons http://www6.aaos.org/memdir/public/memdir.asp




3.	Find a Rheumatologist American College of Rheumatology http://www.rheumatology.org/directory/geo.asp

Organizations

1.	National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeleta http://www.niams.nih.gov/




2.	Arthritis Foundation http://www.arthritis.org/




3.	American College of Rheumatology http://www.rheumatology.org/




4.	American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons http://www.aaos.org/




5.	Polychondritis Educational Society http://www.polychondritis.com/

Specific Conditions

1.	Articular Cartilage Injury American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine http://www.sportsmed.org/sml/document.asp?did=77




2.	Bone and Joint Infections Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DS00545




3.	Chondrocalcinosis Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00814




4.	Stiff Big Toe (Hallux Rigidus) American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/fact/thr_report.cfm?Thread_ID=352&topcategory=Foo...




5.	Osteochondritis Dissecans (OCD) American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/488.xml




6.	Meniscal Tear American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/fact/thr_report.cfm?Thread_ID=277&topcategory=Kne...




7.	Labral Tear Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00640




8.	Costochondritis Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00394




9.	Chondromalacia Patella Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00882




10.	Chondrodysplasias Merck & Co., Inc. http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec23/ch279/ch279h.html

Treatment

1.	Meniscal Transplants American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/fact/thr_report.cfm?Thread_ID=414&topcategory=Kne...




2.	Arthroscopy: A Boon for Damaged Joints Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AR00003