Date/Time
Date(s) - 22/06/2019
9:30 am - 5:00 pm

Location
1H039 (Lecture Hall), Glenside Campus, University of the West of England

Categories

• One Day Event

SPASTICITY STUDY DAY FOR THERAPISTS

SPEAKERS

*Rhoda Allison (Consultant therapist, Torbay and South Devon)
*Stephen Ashford (Consultant physiotherapist, London)
*Claire Madsen (Consultant physiotherapist, Bristol)

Lectures to include assessment, outcome measures, therapeutic and pharmacological treatment, surgical management and neuro technologies.

Coffee / Tea / light refreshments included.

Please bring own lunch

PROGRAMME

09:30- 10:00
Registration

10:00-11:00
Assessment and outcome measurement – Steve

11:30- 13:00
Physical management – Rhoda.
– Overview- Rhoda
– Stretching and splinting- Steve
– Postural management – Rhoda
(Break)
– Task training and strengthening- Rhoda
– Electrical stimulation- Rhoda
– Education and self-management- Rhoda

13:00 – 13:30 lunch

13:30- 15:00
Pharmalogical management- Claire
– Botulinum toxin
– Oral agents
– ITB

15:00- 15:30
Surgical management- Rhoda

15:30- 16:30
Neurotechnologies to aid spasticity- Amy Dennis-Jones

16:30- 17:00
Q and A with panel. – All

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