Our multidisciplinary, pediatric-trained team is familiar with all kinds of genetic skeletal disorders—conditions that affect the body’s bones and joints, such as those in our arms, legs and back.
The effects of genetic skeletal disorders on bones and joints can vary greatly. There are hundreds of different types of genetic skeletal disorders, affecting different bones and joints in different ways. Some disorders are more severe than others. Examples include:
- All forms of dwarfism not related to hormonal causes
- Limb deficiencies or defects
- Musculoskeletal diseases
- Neuromuscular disorders with skeletal problems
- Non-rheumatologic cartilage diseases
- Osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease)
- Skeletal dysplasias with increased or decreased bone density
- Skeletal dysplasias with limb abnormalities
The clinic also cares for children with disorders of the muscular and nervous systems, such as:
- Arthrogryposis
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
- Spinal muscular atrophy