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Nordic Spasticity Conference 2026

A conference for healthcare professionals working interdisciplinarily with spasticity issues for children and adults. The conference aims to provide professionals with the opportunity to increase their knowledge, exchange experiences, and build networks.

11.
November
2026
3 days
  1. 11. Nov 2026, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  2. 12. Nov 2026, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  3. 13. Nov 2026, 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM
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Time and place

When
  1. 11. Nov 2026, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  2. 12. Nov 2026, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  3. 13. Nov 2026, 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Where

Thon Hotel Oslofjord

Sandviksveien 186

1337 Sandvika

Oslo
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About the Conference

Professionals from several countries will come together at the Nordic Spasticity Conference in Oslo. You will meet a wide range of medical specialists and other professionals interested in the field.

Take part of workshops, meet exciting exhibitors, and establish networks across borders at NISC 2026).

About the Speakers

The speakers are international specialists in spasticity issues as well as Nordic professionals with extensive experience in spasticity treatment.

Prof. Rajiv Reebye, Canada

Dr. Luis Jorge Jacinto, Portugal

Dr. Jörg Wissel, Germany

Dr. Stefano Carda, Switzerland

Prof. Thierry Deltombe, Belgium

Dr. Peter Sanderson, England

Dr. Klemen Grabljevec, Slovenia

Dr. Bo Biering Sørensen, Denmark

Dr. Per Ertzgaard, Sweden

Dr. Jelena Simic, Norway

Program

The conference will be in English. This program is preliminary and may be subject to change.

09.00: Registration

10.00: Opening session

10.35: From phenomenology to practice: Using muscle overactivity patterns in clinical assessment 

11.15: Coffee break - poster and sponsor exhibition area open 

11.45: Spasticity syndrome. How to prevent it? 

12.15: Patient experience  

12.30: Muscle changes in spasticity management. Biomarkers in spasticity assessment

13.10: Lunch - poster and sponsor exhibition area open

14.10: Pain management in spasticity 

14.40: Evaluating strength in spastic muscles: From clinical tests to instrumented measures. Presentation of clinical physiological laboratory at Sunnaas Rehabilitation Hospital.

15.00: Activity-focused rehabilitation of patients with spasticity in the upper extremity: Perspectives of possible outcomes

15.30: Coffee break - poster and sponsor exhibition area open

16.00: Neuroplasticity in spasticity

16.30: Panel discussion:
Beyond (modified) Ashworth and (modified) Tardieu scales: How do we use them, and do we assess in the same way? 

17.15: Treatment of muscle overactivity: A multimodal approach 

08.00: Welcome to day 2

08.10: Electrostimulation in spasticity management 

08.40: Neurectomy or neurotomy? Simplifying phenomenology and implications for clinical practice 

09.10: Coffee break - Poster and sponsor exhibition area open

09.40: Shockwave therapy, cryoneurolysis and radiofrequency in Spasticity Management

10.10: Panel discussion: When not to treat and when to stop treatment? A breaking point: EBP and ethics

10.55: The role of orthoses and casting in spasticity treatment. 

11.25: Lunsj - Poster and sponsor exhibition area open

12.25: How to distinguish contractures from spasticity - who should receive treatment? When should we use nerve blocks?

12.55: Back to basics: Assessments and interventions in focus - music and painting/ creative activity

13.25: Patient experience 

14.10: Coffee break - Poster and sponsor exhibition area open

14.55: When to treat with BoNT-A, when to perform surgery? Training and follow up after surgery.

15.25: The difference between supraspinal spasticity and spinal spasticity - how to assess, how to treat and how to prevent.

15.55: Panel discussion: All the things the patients ask us, but we don’t really have the answers. The experts reflect together. 

 

08.00: Welcome to day 3

08.10: Using EMG in assessment and treatment of spasticity

08.40: Implementing spasticity assessment and treatment in Ohmandyt Childrens hospital, Kyiv

09.00: Spasticity-impact on sexual function 

09.20: Coffee break: Poster and sponsor exhibition area open

09.40: Biomarkers and AI in assessment

10.10: Panel discussion: Muscle overactivity in children – assessment and treatment

11.15: Coffee break: Poster and sponsor exhibition area open

11.35: Muscle changes due to inactivity and muscle overactivity. Implications in clinical practice. Enhancing assessment and treatment of spasticity

12.15: Future perspective

13.00: End of conference. Lunch grab and go

 

 

 

Registration

Registration opens towards the end of 2025.

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Contact

kursogkonferanse@sunnaas.no

If you have any questions, please send us an e-mail and we will get back to you.