Course Specification
This course should leverage participants experience via case study discussions and a more open agenda
This course was granted 12 European CME credits (ECMEC) by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME) in 2010
Target Audience
Rehabilitation specialists managing ITB patients. Attendees should be experienced with the treatment of spasticity in adults using ITB. Course will be advanced in nature. The course will focus on adult patients.
Topics to be covered
- Review of Adult Spasticity Guidelines
- Literature review and gap analysis
- Discussion on Advanced Patient Selection – difficult cases
- Screening Trial best practices for ambulatory patients and specific patient populations
- Pump Implant best practices – review of standard practices and challenging pump placements
- Rehabilitation regimen for ambulatory patients
- Improving function in ITB patients
- Use of flex programming
- Advanced Troubleshooting
- Managing a busy refill clinic
- Best practices and case studies in rehabilitation of ITB patients