Assessing the effectiveness of upper-limb spasticity management using a structured approach to goal-setting and outcome measurement: First cycle results from the ulis-III study

Lynne Turner-Stokes; Jorge Jacinto; Klemens Fheodoroff; Allison Brashear; Pascal Maisonobe; Andreas Lysandropoulos; Stephen Ashford; Ian Baguley; Arun Aggarwal; John Olver; John Estell; Steven Faux; Edwin Luk; Katya Kotschet; Andrew Hughes; Rachael Nunan; Bernhard Haslinger; Petra Baum; Cornelia Mobius; Urban Fietzek; Ip Chi Wang; Tae Mo Chung; Régina Helena Chueire; Carla Heloisa Cabral Moro; Alexis Schnitzler; Claire Delleci; Anne Laure Ferrapie; Marie Eve Isner-Horobeti; Dominic Perennou; Ching Man Leung; Michela Cosma; Carlo Caltagirone; Manuela Diverio; Paolo Girlanda; Giancarlo Ianeri; Marzia Millevolte; Franco Molteni; Jorge Hernandez Franco; Juan Francisco Gomez Hernandez; Sandra Quinones Aguilar; Laura Patricia de la Lanza Andrade; Raymond Rosales; Jeanne Flordelis; Dariusz Koziorowski; Anna Potulska; Monika Rudzinska; Eduarda Afonso; Ana Rolo Duarte; Svetlana Khatkova; Alexey Korenko; Dina Khasanova; Dmitry Okhabov; Elena Arefyeva; Denis Karpov; Andrey Korolev; Yi Chung Lee; Sen Wei Tsai; Jessica Tate; Thomas L. Davis; Cynthia Marciniak; Atul Patel

doi:10.2340/16501977-2770

Assessing the effectiveness of upper-limb spasticity management using a structured approach to goal-setting and outcome measurement: First cycle results from the ulis-III study

Lynne Turner-Stokes, Jorge Jacinto, Klemens Fheodoroff, Allison Brashear, Pascal Maisonobe, Andreas Lysandropoulos, Stephen Ashford, Ian Baguley, Arun Aggarwal, John Olver, John Estell, Steven Faux, Edwin Luk, Katya Kotschet, Andrew Hughes, Rachael Nunan, Bernhard Haslinger, Petra Baum, Cornelia Mobius, Urban FietzekIp Chi Wang, Tae Mo Chung, Régina Helena Chueire, Carla Heloisa Cabral Moro, Alexis Schnitzler, Claire Delleci, Anne Laure Ferrapie, Marie Eve Isner-Horobeti, Dominic Perennou, Ching Man Leung, Michela Cosma, Carlo Caltagirone, Manuela Diverio, Paolo Girlanda, Giancarlo Ianeri, Marzia Millevolte, Franco Molteni, Jorge Hernandez Franco, Juan Francisco Gomez Hernandez, Sandra Quinones Aguilar, Laura Patricia de la Lanza Andrade, Raymond Rosales, Jeanne Flordelis, Dariusz Koziorowski, Anna Potulska, Monika Rudzinska, Eduarda Afonso, Ana Rolo Duarte, Svetlana Khatkova, Alexey Korenko, Dina Khasanova, Dmitry Okhabov, Elena Arefyeva, Denis Karpov, Andrey Korolev, Yi Chung Lee, Sen Wei Tsai, Jessica Tate, Thomas L. Davis, Cynthia Marciniak, Atul Patel

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Objective: To describe the utility of a structured approach to assessing effectiveness following injection with botulinum toxin-A alongside physical therapies, within the first cycle of the Upper Limb International Spasticity-III (ULIS-III) study. Methods: ULIS-III (registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT02454803) is a large international, observational, longitudinal study of adults treated for upper-limb spasticity. It introduces novel methods for the structured evaluation of person-centred goal attainment alongside targeted standardized outcome measures: the Upper limb Spasticity Index, and the Upper Limb Spasticity Therapy Recording Schedule. Results: A total of 953/1,004 enrolled patients (95%) completed cycle 1. Mean overall goal attainment scaling (GAS) T scores were 49.8 (95% confidence interval 49.2-50.3; 67.1% of patients met their primary goal, with highest achievement rates for goals related to involuntary movement, (75.6%) and range of movement (74.4%). Standardized measures of spasticity, pain, involuntary movements, active and passive function, all improved significantly over the treatment cycle. Overall, 59.7% of patients saw a therapist following botulinum toxin-A injection. Interventions varied, as expected, with the set treatment goals. After controlling for concomitant therapies using the upper limb spasticity therapy recording schedule, significant differences in injection intervals (p< 0.001) were seen between the commercially-available botulinum toxin-A agents. Conclusion: The results of this study confirm the utility of the Upper Limb Spasticity Index and Upper Limb Spasticity Therapy Recording Schedule as a structured approach to capturing goal-setting, therapy inputs and outcomes assessment.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	jrm00133
Journal	Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine
Volume	53
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2340/16501977-2770
State	Published - Jan 2021
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Botulinum toxin-A
Goal attainment scaling
Physical therapy
Post-stroke spasticity
Stroke rehabilitation

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Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation

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Turner-Stokes, L., Jacinto, J., Fheodoroff, K., Brashear, A., Maisonobe, P., Lysandropoulos, A., Ashford, S., Baguley, I., Aggarwal, A., Olver, J., Estell, J., Faux, S., Luk, E., Kotschet, K., Hughes, A., Nunan, R., Haslinger, B., Baum, P., Mobius, C., ... Patel, A. (2021). Assessing the effectiveness of upper-limb spasticity management using a structured approach to goal-setting and outcome measurement: First cycle results from the ulis-III study. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 53(1), [jrm00133]. https://doi.org/10.2340/16501977-2770

Assessing the effectiveness of upper-limb spasticity management using a structured approach to goal-setting and outcome measurement : First cycle results from the ulis-III study. / Turner-Stokes, Lynne; Jacinto, Jorge; Fheodoroff, Klemens; Brashear, Allison; Maisonobe, Pascal; Lysandropoulos, Andreas; Ashford, Stephen; Baguley, Ian; Aggarwal, Arun; Olver, John; Estell, John; Faux, Steven; Luk, Edwin; Kotschet, Katya; Hughes, Andrew; Nunan, Rachael; Haslinger, Bernhard; Baum, Petra; Mobius, Cornelia; Fietzek, Urban; Chi Wang, Ip; Chung, Tae Mo; Chueire, Régina Helena; Moro, Carla Heloisa Cabral; Schnitzler, Alexis; Delleci, Claire; Ferrapie, Anne Laure; Isner-Horobeti, Marie Eve; Perennou, Dominic; Leung, Ching Man; Cosma, Michela; Caltagirone, Carlo; Diverio, Manuela; Girlanda, Paolo; Ianeri, Giancarlo; Millevolte, Marzia; Molteni, Franco; Franco, Jorge Hernandez; Hernandez, Juan Francisco Gomez; Aguilar, Sandra Quinones; de la Lanza Andrade, Laura Patricia; Rosales, Raymond; Flordelis, Jeanne; Koziorowski, Dariusz; Potulska, Anna; Rudzinska, Monika; Afonso, Eduarda; Duarte, Ana Rolo; Khatkova, Svetlana; Korenko, Alexey; Khasanova, Dina; Okhabov, Dmitry; Arefyeva, Elena; Karpov, Denis; Korolev, Andrey; Lee, Yi Chung; Tsai, Sen Wei; Tate, Jessica; Davis, Thomas L.; Marciniak, Cynthia; Patel, Atul.

In: Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, Vol. 53, No. 1, jrm00133, 01.2021.

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Turner-Stokes, L, Jacinto, J, Fheodoroff, K, Brashear, A, Maisonobe, P, Lysandropoulos, A, Ashford, S, Baguley, I, Aggarwal, A, Olver, J, Estell, J, Faux, S, Luk, E, Kotschet, K, Hughes, A, Nunan, R, Haslinger, B, Baum, P, Mobius, C, Fietzek, U, Chi Wang, I, Chung, TM, Chueire, RH, Moro, CHC, Schnitzler, A, Delleci, C, Ferrapie, AL, Isner-Horobeti, ME, Perennou, D, Leung, CM, Cosma, M, Caltagirone, C, Diverio, M, Girlanda, P, Ianeri, G, Millevolte, M, Molteni, F, Franco, JH, Hernandez, JFG, Aguilar, SQ, de la Lanza Andrade, LP, Rosales, R, Flordelis, J, Koziorowski, D, Potulska, A, Rudzinska, M, Afonso, E, Duarte, AR, Khatkova, S, Korenko, A, Khasanova, D, Okhabov, D, Arefyeva, E, Karpov, D, Korolev, A, Lee, YC, Tsai, SW, Tate, J, Davis, TL, Marciniak, C & Patel, A 2021, 'Assessing the effectiveness of upper-limb spasticity management using a structured approach to goal-setting and outcome measurement: First cycle results from the ulis-III study', Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, vol. 53, no. 1, jrm00133. https://doi.org/10.2340/16501977-2770

Turner-Stokes, Lynne ; Jacinto, Jorge ; Fheodoroff, Klemens ; Brashear, Allison ; Maisonobe, Pascal ; Lysandropoulos, Andreas ; Ashford, Stephen ; Baguley, Ian ; Aggarwal, Arun ; Olver, John ; Estell, John ; Faux, Steven ; Luk, Edwin ; Kotschet, Katya ; Hughes, Andrew ; Nunan, Rachael ; Haslinger, Bernhard ; Baum, Petra ; Mobius, Cornelia ; Fietzek, Urban ; Chi Wang, Ip ; Chung, Tae Mo ; Chueire, Régina Helena ; Moro, Carla Heloisa Cabral ; Schnitzler, Alexis ; Delleci, Claire ; Ferrapie, Anne Laure ; Isner-Horobeti, Marie Eve ; Perennou, Dominic ; Leung, Ching Man ; Cosma, Michela ; Caltagirone, Carlo ; Diverio, Manuela ; Girlanda, Paolo ; Ianeri, Giancarlo ; Millevolte, Marzia ; Molteni, Franco ; Franco, Jorge Hernandez ; Hernandez, Juan Francisco Gomez ; Aguilar, Sandra Quinones ; de la Lanza Andrade, Laura Patricia ; Rosales, Raymond ; Flordelis, Jeanne ; Koziorowski, Dariusz ; Potulska, Anna ; Rudzinska, Monika ; Afonso, Eduarda ; Duarte, Ana Rolo ; Khatkova, Svetlana ; Korenko, Alexey ; Khasanova, Dina ; Okhabov, Dmitry ; Arefyeva, Elena ; Karpov, Denis ; Korolev, Andrey ; Lee, Yi Chung ; Tsai, Sen Wei ; Tate, Jessica ; Davis, Thomas L. ; Marciniak, Cynthia ; Patel, Atul. / Assessing the effectiveness of upper-limb spasticity management using a structured approach to goal-setting and outcome measurement : First cycle results from the ulis-III study. In: Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine. 2021 ; Vol. 53, No. 1.

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