Lunch Symposia
THURSDAY 15 MAY 2025
13.00-14.00 | IPSEN Lunch Symposium | Room 0.4
What can we learn from Real-World Evidence to advance spasticity care?
Join us for an insightful Ipsen lunch symposium where we explore the latest in real-world evidence (RWE) for post-stroke spasticity (PSS) treatment and its implications for patient care.
Prof. Djamel Bensmail (University of Versailles Saint Quentin, FR) will share key findings from his French RWE study and discuss obstacles in the treatment of patients with PSS in France.
The presentation will be followed by a dynamic panel discussion, moderated by Prof. Alexander Geurts (Radboudumc, NL), featuring Prof. Bensmail, Dr. Sven Schiemanck (PM&R physician, Spaarne Gasthuis, NL), and Dr. Monica van Eijk (Specialist in elderly care, Ouderenpraktijk GOUD and LUMC, NL) and our audience. During the discussion, the current state of PSS care will be challenged, with the aim to explore current and future advancements.
We invite you to be part of the conversation!
FRIDAY 16 MAY 2025
11.30-12.30 | MERZ Lunch symposium | Room 0.5
Innovative Tools for Spasticity Assessment and Treatment: I-REFER and GO-FAST
- 11.30-11.35 Remco Timmermans (chair): Opening and introduction
- 11.35-11.55 Prof. dr. Jörg Wissel: Determining the urgency of botulinum toxin treatment referral using the SMD-Decision Tree (I-REFER)
- 11.55-12.15 Dr. Jorge Jacinto: Selecting goals and target muscles for botulinum toxin injections using the GO-FAST Tool
- 12.15-12.30 Q&A
11.30-12.30 | AbbVie Lunch symposium | Room 0.4
Early recognition of post stroke spasticity and the physiotherapist: best practice sharing from the Netherlands
Speaker: Elmer Tiebackx