GUIDELINES PRACTICE ACADEMIC CME & MOC RESEARCH & AWARDS PUBLIC POLICY CONFERENCES LEADERSHIP MEMBERSHIP PUBLICATIONS
GUIDELINES The AAN assists neurologists in making decisions regarding the diagnosis and treatment of their patients by creating guidelines that are considered the gold standard in evidence-based medicine. The Academy published six new guidelines and practice advisories in Neurology® in 2016 and provided summaries for physicians and patients on these topics: • Practice Guideline: Treatment of Restless Legs Syndrome in Adults • Practice Advisory: The Utility of EEG Theta/ Beta Power Ratio in ADHD Diagnosis • Practice Advisory: Recurrent Stroke with Patent Foramen Ovale (Update of Practice Parameter) • Practice Advisory: Etanercept for Poststroke Disability
• Practice Guideline Update Summary: Botulinum Neurotoxin for the Treatment of Blepharospasm, Cervical Dystonia, Adult Spasticity, and Headache • Practice Guideline Update Summary: Corticosteroid Treatment of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Translated Guidelines The Academy collaborated with the Mexican Academy of Neurology to produce Englishto-Spanish translations of a select number of the AAN’s clinical guidelines. These new Spanish translations are offered through the AAN’s journal Neurology® and join other AAN guidelines translated into Arabic, Chinese, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, and Turkish.
Concussion Awareness The AAN and American Brain Foundation collaborated with the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) to develop a training video for concussion. The AAN/ NFLPA joint press release received considerable media coverage. The video featured former NFL player and Super Bowl champion Ben Utecht, whose 2015 AAN public service announcement radio and TV spots continued to run on the air through 2016. Also, the AAN and its sports concussion guidelines were cited in a congressional hearing investigating concussions in athletics.