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Opinion|Videos|July 9, 2024

Treatment Options for Spasticity

A panel of experts discuss treatment options available for spasticity as well as when patients should be treated with pharmacological options.

Episodes in this series
  1. Discuss treatment options available for spasticity. How is spasticity managed upon initial clinical presentation?
  2. When should patients be treated with pharmacological options? Surgical options?
  3. Botulinum toxin (BT) injections are used widely to treat focal spasticity. When and in which patients are BT injections recommended?
  4. When would you use or need multiple approaches to treat spasticity?

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