A 34-year-old female with perceived chronic hamstring tightness improved with bilateral intra-auricular temporomandibular joint (TMJ) orthotic.

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Event Abstract Back to Event A 34-year-old female with perceived chronic hamstring tightness improved with bilateral intra-auricular temporomandibular joint (TMJ) orthotic. Julie M. Brown1* and Cindy L. Downing1 1 Southern California Brain Center, United States Background: A healthy and active 34-year-old female patient with chronic right hip tightness that increases with exercise. She had a sternocleidomastoid release for spasmodic torticollis at age 10. She sustained a concussion with retrograde amnesia due to a motor vehicle accident 8 years ago. Method: A comprehensive neurological exam was performed and saccadometry measurement. Saccadometry showed diffuse tracings bilaterally. Straight leg raise test showed a range of motion of 90 degrees on both the right and left leg. The patient perceived ‘tightness’ on the right leg raise that was not noted by the examiner. The patient was fitted for bilateral intra-auricular orthotics for the TMJ. This orthotic has not been approved for musculoskeletal symptoms other than those involving the TMJ of the jaw. Results: Saccadometry measurements were performed before application of the orthotic, 10 minutes after application of the orthotic, and after specific eye exercises were performed with the orthotic in place. The results showed a significant improvement with the saccadometry tracings with each added application. The patient also noticed an improvement in her perception of her right hamstring tightness. Conclusion: I would suggest further evaluation of TMJ orthotics in conjunction with other neurological therapies in regards to its effects other than those relating to its traditional TMJ applications. Keywords: Temporalmandibular, Muscle Tonus, Neurorehabilitation, saccadometry, Torticollis Conference: International Symposium on Clinical Neuroscience: Clinical Neuroscience for Optimization of Human Function, Orlando, United States, 7 Oct - 9 Oct, 2016. Presentation Type: Poster Presentation Topic: Abstracts ISCN 2016 Citation: Brown JM and Downing CL (2016). A 34-year-old female with perceived chronic hamstring tightness improved with bilateral intra-auricular temporomandibular joint (TMJ) orthotic.. Front. Neurol. Conference Abstract: International Symposium on Clinical Neuroscience: Clinical Neuroscience for Optimization of Human Function. doi: 10.3389/conf.fneur.2016.59.00077 Copyright: The abstracts in this collection have not been subject to any Frontiers peer review or checks, and are not endorsed by Frontiers. They are made available through the Frontiers publishing platform as a service to conference organizers and presenters. The copyright in the individual abstracts is owned by the author of each abstract or his/her employer unless otherwise stated. Each abstract, as well as the collection of abstracts, are published under a Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 (attribution) licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) and may thus be reproduced, translated, adapted and be the subject of derivative works provided the authors and Frontiers are attributed. For Frontiers’ terms and conditions please see https://www.frontiersin.org/legal/terms-and-conditions. Received: 03 Sep 2016; Published Online: 07 Sep 2016. * Correspondence: Dr. Julie M Brown, Southern California Brain Center, Los Alamitos, CA, 90720, United States, DrBrown@socalbraincenter.com Login Required This action requires you to be registered with Frontiers and logged in. To register or login click here. Abstract Info Abstract The Authors in Frontiers Julie M Brown Cindy L Downing Google Julie M Brown Cindy L Downing Google Scholar Julie M Brown Cindy L Downing PubMed Julie M Brown Cindy L Downing Related Article in Frontiers Google Scholar PubMed Abstract Close Back to top Javascript is disabled. Please enable Javascript in your browser settings in order to see all the content on this page.