Symposium

Neurodegenerative Disease (e.g. MS, Parkinson's disease)

Clinical Practice (assessment, diagnosis, treatment, knowledge translation/EBP, implementation science, program development)

Cross-Cutting

Geriatric Rehabilitation

Lifestyle Medicine

Pediatric Rehabilitation

The Pearls of the Cerebral Palsy Adult Transition Study: What We Learned and How to Proceed (849051)

Thursday, October 22, 2020

4:45 PM – 6:00 PM EST

Presenter(s)

Patricia C. Heyn, PhD, FGSA, FACRM

Associate Professor
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Arvada, Colorado

Presentation Slides
Sruthi P. Thomas, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

Presentation Slides Presentation + Audio
Matthew MacCarthy, MD

Assistant Professor, Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Presentation Slides Presentation + Audio
Taron Davis, MD

Assistant Professor, Pediatric Rehabilitation
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital
San Francisco, California
Ted K. Ng, BSc, PhD

Research Fellow & International Scholar
DUKE-NUS, Centre for Ageing, Research & Education (CARE) & University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Presentation Slides Presentation + Audio

Non-presenting author(s)

James J. Carollo, PhD, PE

J.T. Tai Endowed Chair and the Director of the Center for Gait and Movement Analysis
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Aurora, Colorado

The symposium will present key findings from the Cerebral Palsy Adult Transition Study (CPAT) longitudinal cohort, aimed at understanding the importance of functional gait, health outcomes, and aging in adults with cerebral palsy. The study foundation is based on an interdisciplinary science team, in which interdisciplinary collaborations generated unique projects resulting in original and innovative research findings. These findings will be discussed during the symposium with the goal to add key knowledge to further our understanding of how individuals with CP grow older.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion, participants will be able to understand the key findings from the Cerebral Palsy Adult Transition Study.
Understand the importance physical activity and walking ability has on the quality of life in adults with cerebral palsy.
To recognize the risk factors and biomarkers associated to accelerated aging in adults with cerebral palsy.