Treatment of Genetic Skeletal Disorders at John Hunter Children's Hospital

Genetic problems that affect bones and muscles are usually related to a syndrome (a group of disorders that is given a single name).  The bone and muscle problems are often only a part of a syndrome.

Listed below are fact sheets, useful links and support groups for more common genetic disorders that affect muscles and bones:

• Achondroplasia
• Arthrogryposis
• Brittle bone disease
• Cerebral palsy
• Chondrodysplasia
• Club feet
• Connective tissue dysplasia
• Developmental dysplasia of the hip
• Dwarfism
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
• Klinefelter syndrome
• Klippel-feil syndrome
• Marfan
• Muscular dystrophy
• Osteogenesis imperfecta
• Perthes disease
• Rare chromosome disorders
• Short stature
• Spina bifida
• Talipes Equinovarus