The 11th Panhellenic Congress of Vascular Brain Diseases, held this year in Thessaloniki, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, gave the opportunity to a large number of physicians dealing with stroke and vascular brain diseases to meet in the same place. Expert speakers from Greece and abroad participated in a scientific program that included the latest developments in different stages of vascular stroke management from prevention to rehabilitation.
Eleftherios Stefas, a physiatrist of the centre, presented the paper ''The benefits of the rehabilitation programme after botulinum toxin infusion in the management of spasticity''. Η
spasticity is a common symptom seen in many neurological conditions
diseases. Non-pharmacological and pharmacological treatments usually
combined in the management of spasticity, based on predefined
objectives. The use of botulinum toxin in combination with the restoration of
is a valuable and beneficial method of treatment to improve the
spasticity and functional capacity of patients with spasticity.
At the closing of the conference he participated as a speaker and trainer in the session ''MEET THE EXPERT ''Clinical management of spasticity after stroke''. The talk was on the clinical part of spasticity management while the training was done both on mannequins and with the innovative virtual reality system VR tool.
