Dorian McCormick Butler
Kennedy Krieger Institute, United States
Biography
Dorian McCormick Butler, DNP, FNP-BC, MSN-RN, is the assistant director of the Bone Genetics and Connective Tissues Disorders Clinic with Neurology and Developmental Medicine at the Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD, and a DNP alumna of Walden University in the College of Nursing in Minneapolis, MN.
Research Interest
Cerebral palsy, a nonprogressive disorder of posture or movement, is the most common form of disability in childhood worldwide. Incidence rates vary between 1.5 and 4.0 per 1000 live births. In this population, bone development delays and abnormality are experienced. Bone abnormalities are risk factors for decreased bone strength and fractures otherwise known as skeletal fragility, osteoporosis, and/or osteopenia. Osteoporosis, typically age related