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Arch Phys Med Rehabil ; 99(8): 1681-1687, 2018 08.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29428347

RESUMO

The recognition, evaluation, and management of disabling spasticity in persons with spinal cord damage (SCD) is a challenge for health care professionals, institutions, health systems, and patients. To guide the assessment and management of disabling spasticity in individuals with SCD, the Ability Network, an international panel of clinical experts, developed a clinical care pathway. The aim of this pathway is to facilitate treatment decisions that take into account the effect of disabling spasticity on health status, individual preferences and treatment goals, tolerance for adverse events, and burden on caregivers. The pathway emphasizes a patient-centered, individualized approach and the need for interdisciplinary coordination of care, patient involvement in goal setting, and the use of assessment and outcome measures that lend themselves to practical application in the clinic. The clinical care pathway is intended for use by health care professionals who provide care for persons with SCD and disabling spasticity in various settings. Barriers to optimal spasticity management in these people are also discussed. There is an urgent need for the clinical community to clarify and overcome barriers (knowledge-based, organizational, health system) to optimizing the management of spasticity in people with SCD.


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Tomada de Decisão Clínica/métodos , Procedimentos Clínicos , Avaliação da Deficiência , Espasticidade Muscular/diagnóstico , Traumatismos da Medula Espinal/complicações , Humanos , Espasticidade Muscular/etiologia
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Arch Phys Med Rehabil ; 97(12): 2222-2228, 2016 12.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27282329

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Optimizing the treatment of disabling spasticity in persons with spinal cord damage is hampered by a lack of consensus regarding the use of acceptable definitions of spasticity and disabling spasticity, and the relative absence of decision tools such as clinical guidelines and concise algorithms to support decision-making within the broader clinical community. Many people with spinal cord damage are managed outside specialist centers, and variations in practice result in unequal access to best practice despite equal need. In order to address these issues, the Ability Network-an international panel of clinical experts-was initiated to develop management algorithms to guide and standardize the assessment, treatment, and evaluation of outcomes of persons with spinal cord damage and disabling spasticity. To achieve this, consensus was sought on common definitions through facilitated, in-person meetings. To guide patient selection, an in-depth review of the available tools was performed and expert consensus sought to develop an appropriate instrument. Literature reviews are guiding the selection and development of tools to evaluate treatment outcomes (body functions, activity, participation, quality of life) as perceived by people with spinal cord damage and disabling spasticity, and their caregivers and clinicians. Using this approach, the Ability Network aims to facilitate treatment decisions that take into account the following: the impact of disabling spasticity on health status, patient preferences, treatment goals, tolerance for adverse events, and in cases of totally dependent persons, caregiver burden.


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Comitês Consultivos/organização & administração , Espasticidade Muscular/etiologia , Espasticidade Muscular/reabilitação , Traumatismos da Medula Espinal/complicações , Cuidadores/psicologia , Procedimentos Clínicos/organização & administração , Humanos , Avaliação de Processos e Resultados em Cuidados de Saúde , Planejamento de Assistência ao Paciente , Preferência do Paciente , Qualidade de Vida
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