Course Objectives

• Review of normal human anatomy of neck, upper limb and lower limb muscles.
• Muscle structure and relation between structure and muscle function.
• Functional anatomy, normal and abnormal patterns in spasticity and in dystonia
• Relation between muscle structure and optimal BTX injection sites
• Muscle structure modifications in neurologic muscles and consequences.
• Ultrasonography of normal muscles and pathologic muscles
• Identification of target muscles with ultrasonography (neck, upper limb and lower limb muscles)
• Learning how to use and how to optimize ultrasound machine.
• Compare different injection techniques