A CASE OF COMPLETE SYMPTOM RESOLUTION AND IMPROVEMENT IN COGNITION IN A 71 YEAR OLD MALE WITH COGNITIVE DECLINE FOLLOWING A 1-WEEK MULTI-MODAL NEURO-REHABILITATION PROGRAM

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Event Abstract Back to Event A CASE OF COMPLETE SYMPTOM RESOLUTION AND IMPROVEMENT IN COGNITION IN A 71 YEAR OLD MALE WITH COGNITIVE DECLINE FOLLOWING A 1-WEEK MULTI-MODAL NEURO-REHABILITATION PROGRAM Matthew Antonucci1, 2*, Chris M. Sass1, 2 and Brian J. Sass1, 2 1 Plasticity Brain Centers, United States 2 Carrick Institute for Graduate Studies, United States Background: A 71-year-old male presented with a gradual decline in ability “to think, reason, do work, and remember names of people”. He had also noticed a heightened sense of emotionality, cognitive decline, headaches, and neck stiffness. Graded Symptom Checklist (GSC) severity score was 59/138. Standard Assessment of Concussion (SAC) was scored at 15/30 including decreased orientation, decreased immediate word recall, and absence of delayed word recall. Trails A (TA) and Trails B (TB) had scores of 39.7 sec and 103.2 seconds respectively. Methods: A five-day, multi-modal program of neurological rehabilitation was administered three times per day, for approximately 45 minutes per session. Each session consisted of electrical somatosensory stimulation, neuromuscular reeducation exercises, vestibular-ocular rehabilitation, off-vertical axis rotation, and eye exercises. Results: Following the course of treatment, the patient had a complete decrease in GSC severity to a 0/138 (-100%); increased SAC score to 23/30 (+34.8%) with improved immediate recall, delayed recall and full orientation; no change in TA time 40.4 sec, and decreased TB time 68.6 sec (-33.5%). Conclusion: Short duration, multi-modal, intensive programs of neurological rehabilitation may effectively reduce symptoms, improve orientation, concentration, speed and fluid attention as well as other cognitive abilities of individuals experiencing cognitive decline in the geriatric population. The SAC may also be an effective way to measure pre and post intervention cognitive function in the geriatric population. Further research into high intensity, short- duration, multi-modal neurological rehabilitation for geriatric cognitive decline is indicated. Keywords: Cognition, Vestibular Rehabilitation, Neurorehabilitation, Geriatrics, Aging Conference: International Symposium on Clinical Neuroscience: TBI and Neurodegeneration, Orlando, Florida, United States, 10 Dec - 14 Dec, 2015. Presentation Type: Poster Presentation Topic: Case Reports for Poster Presentation Citation: Antonucci M, Sass CM and Sass BJ (2015). A CASE OF COMPLETE SYMPTOM RESOLUTION AND IMPROVEMENT IN COGNITION IN A 71 YEAR OLD MALE WITH COGNITIVE DECLINE FOLLOWING A 1-WEEK MULTI-MODAL NEURO-REHABILITATION PROGRAM. Front. Neurol. Conference Abstract: International Symposium on Clinical Neuroscience: TBI and Neurodegeneration. doi: 10.3389/conf.fneur.2015.58.00058 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: 30 Oct 2015; Published Online: 02 Nov 2015. * Correspondence: Dr. Matthew Antonucci, Plasticity Brain Centers, Orlando, Florida, United States, mantonucci@carrickinstitute.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 Matthew Antonucci Chris M Sass Brian J Sass Google Matthew Antonucci Chris M Sass Brian J Sass Google Scholar Matthew Antonucci Chris M Sass Brian J Sass PubMed Matthew Antonucci Chris M Sass Brian J Sass 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.