Improvement in symptom severity, cognitive assessment, and choice reaction time in a college professor with post-concussive syndrome.

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Event Abstract Back to Event Improvement in symptom severity, cognitive assessment, and choice reaction time in a college professor with post-concussive syndrome. Matthew M. Antonucci1, 2, 3*, Paul E. Link2, 3, Derek A. Barton2, 3 and Frederick R. Carrick1, 4 1 Carrick Institute, Clinical Neuroscience, United States 2 Plasticity Brain Centers, Neurorehabilitation, United States 3 NeuroSynergy Associates, PA, Neurorehabilitation, United States 4 Harvard Medical School and Harvard-Macy MGH Institute of Health Professions, Medical Education, United States Background: A 42-year-old, college professor, with a history of concussion following a motor vehicle accident, presented with symptoms of headache, neck pain, balance problems, fatigue, low energy and trouble driving. Graded Symptom Checklist (GSC) severity was 33/162. Trails A (TA) and Trails B (TB) had scores of 27.0 seconds and 32.9 seconds respectively. Choice Reaction Time (cRT) latency was 424 milliseconds. Methods: A five-day, multimodal program of receptor based neurological rehabilitation was administered three times per day, one hour per session. Each session consisted of electrical somatosensory stimulation, vestibular rehabilitation exercises, neuromuscular reeducation exercises, hand-eye coordination exercises, vision therapy exercises and off-vertical axis rotations. Results: Following conclusion of five days of treatment there were improvements in GSC (-75%), decreased TA (-37%) and TB (-10%), and cRT latency (-15.8%). Conclusion: Short duration, multimodal, intensive programs of receptor based neurological rehabilitation may be a viable method to improve neurological integrity and performance in individuals with Post-Concussive Syndrome. The authors suggest further investigation into short duration, multi-modal, intensive approaches to restoring neurological function in individuals suffering from mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) Keywords: concussion rehabilitation, Off-vertical axis rotation, cognitive processing, Trail Making Test (TMT), MTBI, Vestibular Rehabilitation 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: Antonucci MM, Link PE, Barton DA and Carrick FR (2016). Improvement in symptom severity, cognitive assessment, and choice reaction time in a college professor with post-concussive syndrome.. Front. Neurol. Conference Abstract: International Symposium on Clinical Neuroscience: Clinical Neuroscience for Optimization of Human Function. doi: 10.3389/conf.fneur.2016.59.00095 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: 02 Sep 2016; Published Online: 07 Sep 2016. * Correspondence: Dr. Matthew M Antonucci, Carrick Institute, Clinical Neuroscience, Cape Canaveral, United States, drnucci@gmail.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 M Antonucci Paul E Link Derek A Barton Frederick R Carrick Google Matthew M Antonucci Paul E Link Derek A Barton Frederick R Carrick Google Scholar Matthew M Antonucci Paul E Link Derek A Barton Frederick R Carrick PubMed Matthew M Antonucci Paul E Link Derek A Barton Frederick R Carrick 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.