Spasticity Management
The University of Utah Hospital and Clinics established a spasticity program for those in the community who have spasticity due to cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, stroke, spinal cord injury, brain injury or other central nervous system disorders. An interdisciplinary approach to treatment and management of spasticity is employed; the team consists of rehabilitation doctors, nurses, physical therapists, and neurosurgeons.
Goals of spasticity management are to improve function, mobility, ease of cares, reduction of pain, prevention of skin breakdown and deformity, and to allow stretching and strengthening of muscles.
Treatments available to treat spasticity include: oral antispasticity medications, botox/myobloc/phenol intramuscular injections, as well as intrathecal baclofen therapy.
