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Practice Related Session Proposals

Spasticity

Session Name: Concurrent Sessions

1202 - Spasticity Practice Guidelines for Physiatrists: The Latest in Assessing, Diagnosis, and Treating Spasticity in Adults and Children

Thursday, November 16, 2023
3:45 PM – 5:00 PM CT
Location: CC The Great Hall B
In-Person Live Stream On Demand

    Session Director(s)

  • Joseph E. Hornyak, IV, MD, PhD

    Professor
    University of Michigan PM&R Program
    Ann Arbor, Michigan

    No financial relationships to disclose.

    • Faculty(s)

  • Andrew H. Gordon, MD, PhD

    Staff Physiatrist
    US Physiatry
    Reston, Virginia

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

  • Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, MD (she/her/hers)

    Chair of Rehab Medicine
    UT Health San Antonio
    San Antonio, Texas

    No financial relationships to disclose.

  • SB

    Susan Biffl, MD, FAAPMR

    Anschutz Medical Campus
    San Diego, CA

    No financial relationships to disclose.

  • PR

    Preeti Raghavan, MD

    Associate Professor
    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Baltimore, Maryland

    Disclosure(s): Mirrored Motion Works, Inc.: Consultant/Advisory Board (Ongoing), Officer or Board Member (Ongoing), Ownership Interest (Ongoing); Movease, Inc.: Consultant/Advisory Board (Ongoing), Ownership Interest (Ongoing)

  • Daniel K. Moon, MD

    Attending Physician
    MossRehab Physical Medicine Associates
    Elkins Park, Pennsylvania

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Clinical practice guidance provides evidence-based and/or consensus-based recommendations for current assessment, diagnosis, and treatment in specific clinical areas. Until now, PM&R has not developed clinical practice guidance as a field; PM&R guidance has been incorporated into other specialty/organization's development of practice guidance. In 2021, the Academy's Board of Governors approved the Evidence, Quality and Practice Committee's recommendation to develop specialty practice guidance specific to PM&R.

In 2022, the Academy is developing one practice guidance on spasticity. Beginning in 2023, the intent is to develop practice guidance in two clinical areas. This session will provide education on the evidence and consensus-based recommendations in the first AAPM&R developed specialty practice guidance for spasticity for the adult and pediatric populations. The session will briefly describe the methodological process the Academy used and will use in the future to develop practice guidance for PM&R. The session will then provide in-depth education on the outcome of the multi-disciplinary evidence-based and/or consensusbased recommendations on the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of spasticity. It will also describe tools and resources that can be used to help support clinicians in the direct patient care of spasticity. Lastly, the session will provide an overview of how the Academy will determine its next areas of practice guidance development and explain how membership can get involved in the process.

Learning Objectives:

  • Recognize spasticity in a timely manner in individuals with neurologic/neuromuscular issues.
  • Understand the association and prevalence of spasticity associated with neurologic/neuromuscular issues.
  • Identify the key considerations and barriers to care for patients with spasticity.
  • Become familiar with the therapeutic options, pharmaceutical and nonpharmaceutical, for patients with spasticity.