Improvement in symptom severity, processing speed and visual acuity in a patient with a history of multiple concussions and anxiety, with neurological rehabilitation and pulsed magnetic frequency therapy

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Event Abstract Back to Event Improvement in symptom severity, processing speed and visual acuity in a patient with a history of multiple concussions and anxiety, with neurological rehabilitation and pulsed magnetic frequency therapy Matthew M. Antonucci1, 2, 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 21-year-old, Mexican, male, student with a history of 5 concussions presented with headache, feeling of being in a “fog”, frequent urination up to 6x per day, and anxiety. Graded Symptom Checklist (GSC) severity was 41/162. Trails A (TA) and Trails B (TB) times were 22 and 40.5 seconds respectively. Processing Speed (PS) coding score was 71 correctly matched symbols in 2 minutes. Visual Acuity (VA) line difference was 1. 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, vision therapy exercises, therapeutic exercises, off-vertical axis rotations, and 1 hour in a Magneceutical Health™ Magnesphere™ (30 minutes parasympathetic program, 30 minutes anxiety setting). Results: Following conclusion of five days of treatment there were improvements in GSC (-51.3%), TA (-47.3%), TB (-42.8%), PS (+7.8%) and VA (-20%). Conclusion: Short duration, multimodal, intensive programs of receptor-based neurological rehabilitation combined with pulsed magnetic frequencies 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) Acknowledgements The authors and clinicians would like to acknowledge and thank Magneceutical Health for the provision of the Magnesphere which was utilized in this patient's case. Keywords: PMF, Anxiety, concussion, concussion rehabilitation, 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 and Carrick FR (2016). Improvement in symptom severity, processing speed and visual acuity in a patient with a history of multiple concussions and anxiety, with neurological rehabilitation and pulsed magnetic frequency therapy . Front. Neurol. Conference Abstract: International Symposium on Clinical Neuroscience: Clinical Neuroscience for Optimization of Human Function. doi: 10.3389/conf.fneur.2016.59.00060 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 Frederick R Carrick Google Matthew M Antonucci Frederick R Carrick Google Scholar Matthew M Antonucci Frederick R Carrick PubMed Matthew M Antonucci 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.