Neuro Rehab Advanced Clinical Focus Session: Beyond Botulinum Toxin: Advanced Spasticity Management-Session Recording

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The video features Dr. Cindy Ivanhoe, a clinical professor at the University of Texas at Houston, who discusses challenging medical cases involved in treating spasticity, an upper motor neuron syndrome resulting in muscle tightness and discomfort. During her presentation at a clinical conference, she emphasizes the importance of a multimodal approach due to spasticity's complex nature, which can include overactivity and weakness in muscles, resulting in significant medical and physical complications.<br /><br />Dr. Ivanhoe illustrates her points with patient examples to highlight the struggle with insurance companies for treatment approvals and the necessity of understanding the patient's whole condition, such as oral medications, injections, and more advanced treatments like intrathecal baclofen therapy. She addresses the challenges of ensuring a consistent plan that combines various interventions, such as medication adjustments, injections, and rehabilitation therapies, to achieve significant patient improvements.<br /><br />Furthermore, she underlines the need for individualized patient-oriented care and decision-making by weighing previous treatments, clinical goals, and expected outcomes. Throughout her talk, Dr. Ivanhoe also answers several audience questions about treatments and available therapies, mentioning the necessity of staying informed about new interventions and therapies that could improve patient care. She also conveys the importance of collaboration and communication within healthcare teams to achieve better patient outcomes for those dealing with spasticity.

Keywords

Dr. Cindy Ivanhoe

University of Texas

spasticity

upper motor neuron syndrome

multimodal approach

intrathecal baclofen therapy

patient-oriented care

treatment approvals

rehabilitation therapies

healthcare collaboration

muscle overactivity