Neuromuscular maladaptive plasticity after stroke: effects of aging, botulinum toxin injection and hyaluronan accumulation

Thursday, February 27, 2025

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM MST

Location: 106 A-C

Course Director(s)

Sheng Li, MD, PhD

Professor of PMR
University of Texas Health Science Center - Houston

Speaker(s)

Walter Frontera, MD, PhD

Professor
University of Puerto Rico

Slides
Preeti Raghavan, MBBS

Director, Recovery and Rehabilitation; Vice Chair for Research, Department PM&R
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Brief Session Description : In this session, we will review and discuss factors related to neuromuscular maladaptive plasticity after stroke. Factors including aging and stroke-related sarcopenia, spasticity and botulinum toxin injection, and muscle stiffness and hyaluronidase injection