The MyCP webinar series continues this week with a presentation on variations treating spasticity in cerebral palsy (CP). The chairman and founder of the Cerebral Palsy Research Network (CPRN) and Associate Professor at the University of Utah, Paul Gross, will present his findings in a webinar entitled “Practice Variation is Spastic Cerebral Palsy” on Tuesday, June 2, at 8 pm ET via Zoom. The presentation will focus on the surgical treatments for spasticity and how different hospitals approach surgical treatments such as selective dorsal rhizotomy and intrathecal baclofen pumps. Approximately 80% of the people with CP have a diagnosis of spasticity as their movement disorder / tone type. Gross interviewed more that 40 physicians across North American that treat children with spastic cerebral palsy. This qualitative data from these interviews will be combined with quantitative data from the CPRN CP Registry to provide a broad picture of the surgical treatments for spasticity. While the interviews were focused on surgical treatments for children that are ambulatory, the CPRN CP Registry includes information about children that are not ambulatory which will be included in the presentation.

The presentation will be approximately 20 minutes and followed by an open Q&A with Mr. Gross. People interested in attending or accessing the recording afterward may sign up on CPRN. The webinar is open to the entire CP community including people with CP, caregivers and clinicians but the information will be suited for the non clinicians.