Research Award Details

2018 - Clinical Trial Planning Grant

Hip Surveillance in Children with CP: Developing POSNA Wide Consensus


Grant Recipient: Freeman Miller, MD; M. Wade Schrader, MD

Co-Investigators: Benjamin Shore, MD

Institution:
Nemours/A.I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE
Presentations & Publications:

Presentations:  The PI’s are submitting the results from this work as a research abstract to present at the 2020 Annual Meeting. 

Publications: The PI’s plan to submit our findings to JPO, pending the approval of the Hip Surveillance Schedule by POSNA leadership.

Further Funding:
Further grant obtained as result of POSNA funding: The PI’s plan to expand this focus for a prospective clinical trial at the participating centers to measure the effectiveness of this hip surveillance schedule on the rate of hip salvage surgeries in children with CP.