The Spasticity and Movement Disorders IMPACT Initiative - Chicago

The initiative is intended for neurologists, physiatrists, orthopedic surgeons, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses and physical and occupational therapists.

Improve your ability to identify muscle groups, explore treatment for spasticity and movement disorders, engage in multidisciplinary care, and participate in hands-on opportunities with two unique, profession-specific tracks.

MD/DO/NP/PA/RN Topics

• Ultrasound guidance demonstrations and scanning workshops
• Injection training with models
• Toxin handling: dosing, dilution, draw-up, and beyond
• Patient injection demonstrations with ultrasound demonstrations
• Hands-on injection training

PT/OT Topics

• Functional and gross muscle anatomy, featuring cadaver videos
• Video case studies on post-chemodenervation therapy and individualizing care
• Video demonstration of casting, splinting, and other techniques
• Patient injection demonstrations

The IMPACT™ Initiative Annual Workshop Series (IMproving Patient Assessment and Chemodenervation Treatment) will provide an interactive and comprehensive opportunity to improve your knowledge, confidence, and proficiency in essential aspects of spasticity and movement disorder management. This workshop aims to enhance patient outcomes from chemodenervation procedures by improving participants’ ability to recognize clinical patterns, identify muscle targets, and perform procedures confidently and skillfully, including using ultrasound guidance in these procedures.

This initiative will feature two specific tracks tailored to the unique educational needs of doctors/NPs/PAs and PTs/OTs. Our doctors/NP/PA track focuses on ultrasound use, injection demonstrations, and hands-one injection training. The PT/OT track will explore clinical and gross anatomy, considering implications for treatment utilizing cadaver videos, review chemodenervation principles, and feature video demonstrations of splinting and casting.

All participants will have the opportunity to explore strategies for multidisciplinary care and will participate in the expert-led patient injection demonstrations of ultrasound-guided chemodenervation procedures.

For full agenda and track-specific learning objectives. please visit

Provider Information
This program is jointly provided by AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare and Catalyst Medical Education, LLC
Commercial Support:
This activity is supported by an educational grant from AbbVie Inc.

This activity is supported by in-kind support contributions from AbbVie Inc. and Boston Imaging, a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

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For questions, please reach out to: [email protected]

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile, 540 Michigan Ave, Chicago, United States