Nordisk spastisitetskonferanse 2026

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