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Toxnet GO-FAST tool

The GO-FAST (Goal-Oriented Facilitated Approach to Spasticity Treatment) Tool has been designed to provide structured, coordinated support for health care professionals, working in rehabilitation medicine practice to implement a patient-centered, goal-based approach to spasticity management.

It provides guidance with the selection of commonly-used spasticity treatment goals, associated patterns and muscles, and monitoring outcome measures to assess treatment success.

It has been designed to be used in everyday clinical practice with spasticity patients.

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Patient-specific local data

Patient data only stored on your device

Goal setting with ease

Easily set up to five goals using the pre-defined selections

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Dose recording

Record dosing details for each relevant muscle

Patient treatment reviews

Review your patient’s progress against previously recorded goals

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Automatic GAS score calculations

The GO-FAST tool automatically calculates the GAS score for the collection of previously-set goals

Export to PDF

Export all information related to the patient into a PDF file

Before using the tool, please refer to the accompanying article, (Jacinto J et al., 2023 (Selecting Goals and Target Muscles for Botulinum Toxin A Injection Using the Goal Oriented Facilitated Approach to Spasticity Treatment (GO-FAST) Tool. Toxins 2023, 15, 676. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins15120676) that provides information about the principles of patient-centred goal-setting, an algorithm for setting SMART treatment goals, goal-related target muscles, goal attainment follow-up, scoring and interpretation, and the multimodal approach to spasticity management.

Supported by Merz Therapeutics GmbH

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Award scoring criteria

The following criteria will be judged out of a score of 5; (1 is suboptimal; 2 is adequate; 3 is good; 4 is very good; 5 is excellent)

GENERAL

  • Days per week working in spasticity management
  • Average number of spasticity patients managed per month
  • Environment and clinical team (type of institution, location, size/structure of clinical team, particular patient needs)
  • Role of responsibility in managing patients with spasticity
  • Scientific appointments in spasticity
  • Honours for work undertaken in spasticity

SCHOLARLY

  • Number of research projects investigating relevant aspects of spasticity management
  • Impact of research projects investigating relevant aspects of spasticity management
  • Number of peer-reviewed publications on topic
    Number of presentations of research at international meetings
  • Number of presentations at national conferences
  • Teaching/mentorship of younger injectors
  • h-index

CLINICAL

  • Evidence of development or growth of a spasticity program at the applicant’s practice or institution
  • Breadth of services provided, including medications, toxins, physical interventions, and Intrathecal Baclofen Therapy (ITB)
  • Role of responsibility in managing patients with spasticity

ENDORSEMENT

  • Endorsed by senior peer

In the event of a tie, based on the above scoring criteria, the Toxnet Co-Chairs will make the final decision.