ORGANISATIONS

This section provides you with a selection of organisations relevant to articular cartilage repair procedures and rehabilitation.

International Cartilage Repair Society (ICRS). ICRS is a forum for international collaboration in cartilaginous tissue research by bringing together basic scientists and clinical researchers engaged or interested in the field of cartilage biology and cartilaginous tissue engineering. ICRS has as the ultimate goal the stimulation of education and research within the field of cartilage repair through regular meetings, skills courses, publications and other forms of communication.

http://www.cartilage.org

CRF

The Cartilage Research Foundation (CRF) is a nonprofit corporation in an effort to collectively further the treatment and outcomes of cartilage restoration procedures.

http://www.cartilagefoundation.org/

The American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) is a national organization of orthopaedic surgeons specializing in sports medicine, including national and international sports medicine leaders. The AOSSM works closely with many other sports medicine specialists and clinicians, including family physicians, emergency physicians, pediatricians, athletic trainers and physical therapists, to improve the identification, prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of sports injuries.

http://www.sportsmed.org

European Society of Sports traumatology, Knee surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA). ESSKA 2000 is the leading professional organization of its kind in Europe. It gathers more than 1200 renowned orthopaedic surgeons coming from 40 European countries and from 25 countries from outside of Europe. The society has been founded in 1984 and it has been constantly growing over the past 20 years.

http://www.esska.org/

International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery and Orthopaedic Sports Medicine (ISAKOS). ISAKOS was established to develop, support and promote charitable, scientific and literary works that disseminate and further the increased knowledge of arthroscopy, knee surgery and orthopaedic sports medicine.

http://www.isakos.com/