Raymond-Pope presents at Gillette Cerebral Palsy Institute Education Conference

Christiana Raymond-Pope, PhD

Christiana Raymond-Pope, PhD, researcher in the Skeletal Muscle Plasticity and Regeneration Laboratory (SMPRL) led by Sarah Greising, PhD, associate professor in the School of Kinesiology, presented at the Gillette Cerebral Palsy Institute Education Conference in St. Paul, Minnesota, on February 17, 2023. Raymond-Pope was invited to present a talk at the conference entitled, “Medial gastrocnemius muscle properties of children with cerebral palsy after different tone treatments—a pilot study.” The purpose of this conference was to promote translation of recent research in cerebral palsy and tone management into multidisciplinary clinical practice and shared decision-making conversations, with two areas highlighted: the muscle pathology of cerebral palsy, and the effects of hypertonia and its treatment on muscle function and gross motor function.