Concise and accessible, Handbook of Spasticity is the essential reference for residents and practicing physicians in the fields of PM&R and neurology. It allows readers to learn the fundamentals of spasticity management while also adding important spasticity concepts to their day-to-day practice. This high-yield resource provides current evidence-based treatment paradigms and discusses advances in the field to address assessment, treatment options, and disease management in adult and pediatric patients.

Written by experts from institutions around the world, this valuable handbook fuses the fundamentals of spasticity with a case-based approach to enhance learning for those early into their career as well as practicing physiatrists, neurologists, nurses, physician assistants, and therapists who care for patients with spasticity. Assessment and evaluation measures are detailed, focusing on measurements and scales, gait assessment, and techniques for setting appropriate goals. A wide variety of treatment options available for spasticity patients are explored, including physical therapy, pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatments, emerging technologies, toxins, surgical options, and more. Complete with accompanying online videos, ultrasound and anatomical figures, and toxin dosing tables, Handbook of Spasticity is the premier one-stop-shop resource on how to improve spasticity management.

Key Features:
- Succinctly covers key spasticity definitions, assessment scales, treatment options, and disease management for a wide range of conditions
- Provides the latest guidelines and evidence-based practices in the field
- Features contributions from leading clinicians and educators in physiatry and neurology
- Case-based chapters and accompanying online video content showcase patient assessment in real-world settings
- Includes images for ultrasound guidance and anatomical correlates and tables with dosing guidance for toxins
- Purchase includes online access via most mobile devices or computers

CONTENTS:
PART I: WHAT IS SPASTICITY?
Chapter 1. Definition: Spasticity and Upper Motor Neuron Syndrome
Chapter 2. Epidemiology of Spasticity
Chapter 3. Pathophysiology
PART II: ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION
Chapter 4. Measurements and Scales
Chapter 5. Evaluation and Treatment of Spastic Gait
Chapter 6. Management of Post-Stroke Spasticity with Botulinum Toxin Type A Based on Patient-Centered Treatment Goals
PART III: PRINCIPLES OF TREATMENT
Chapter 7. Physical Therapy
Chapter 8. Pharmacologic Treatments
Chapter 9. Toxins
Chapter 10. Neurolysis
Chapter 11. Intrathecal Baclofen Therapy
Chapter 12. Surgical Treatments and Neuro-Orthopaedics
Chapter 13. Emerging Technologies
Chapter 14. Imaging Guidance for Chemodenervation Procedures
PART IV: DISEASE MANAGEMENT: A CASE-BASED APPROACH
Chapter 15. Cerebral Palsy Assessment: Nonsurgical and Surgical Treatments
Chapter 16. Diagnostic Anesthetic Blocks: Differentiating Contracture from Spasticity
Chapter 17. Spasticity in Spinal Cord Injury
Chapter 18. Post-Stroke Spasticity
Chapter 19. Brain Injury Related Spasticity: A Case-Based Approach
Chapter 20. Upper Limb Spasticity with Botulinum Neurotoxin
Chapter 21. Lower Limb Spasticity Management with Botulinum Neurotoxin
Chapter 22. Chemoneurolysis
Chapter 23. Intrathecal Therapy for Spasticity
Chapter 24. Combining Spasticity Interventions