Dr. Jan Willem Gorter and Dr. Patrick McPhee, along with an international team of clinicians and researchers, received funding from the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine (AACPDM) to develop and test a core outcome set of measures to understand and prevent multimorbidity risk in adolescents and adults with Cerebral Palsy (CP).

This project generated significant findings about the value and importance of measuring multimorbidity risk in adolescents and adults with CP in clinical research settings. Performing the core outcome set that includes measures that often are not part of routine clinical care can help screen for cardiometabolic and multimorbidity risk, and lead to referral to clinical specialists if required.