Improvement in symptoms, processing speed and cognition in a 59-year-old stroke patient with Wernicke's aphasia

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Event Abstract Back to Event Improvement in symptoms, processing speed and cognition in a 59-year-old stroke patient with Wernicke's aphasia Matthew M. Antonucci1, 2, 3* and Freddys X. Garcia1, 3 1 Carrick Institute, Clinical Neuroscience, United States 2 Plasticity Brain Centers, Neurorehabilitation, United States 3 NeuroSynergy Associates, PA, Neurorehabilitation, United States Background: A 59-year-old, male, with a history of a left-sided MCA stroke, presented with right hand and face numbness, right hand weakness, incomplete Wernicke's receptive aphasia, and confusion. His Graded Symptom Checklist (GSC) severity was 78/162. Standard Assessment of Cognition (SAC) was 0/30. Trails A (TA) was unable to be completed within the two-minute time deadline. Processing Speed (PS) coding test was unable to be performed due to delays between each symbol. 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 on the second branch of his trigeminal nerve on the right and bilaterally on the third branch of his trigeminal nerve, vestibular rehabilitation exercises, therapeutic exercises, hand-eye coordination exercises, Carrick eye exercises, and off-vertical axis rotations. Results: At the end of five days of treatment there were significant resolutions in GSC (-92.3%), improvement of SAC from 0/30 to 4/30, TA time from unable to be performed to completion in 69.4 seconds and processing speed of 15 symbols matched correctly from being unable to perform. 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 Stroke. The authors suggest further investigation into short duration, multi-modal, intensive approaches to restoring neurological function in individuals suffering from acquired brain injuries, such as stroke. Keywords: Stroke, Aphasia, Wernicke’s aphasia, vestibular rehabilitaiton, non-invasive nerve stimulation, Off-vertical axis rotation 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 Garcia FX (2016). Improvement in symptoms, processing speed and cognition in a 59-year-old stroke patient with Wernicke's aphasia. Front. Neurol. Conference Abstract: International Symposium on Clinical Neuroscience: Clinical Neuroscience for Optimization of Human Function. doi: 10.3389/conf.fneur.2016.59.00075 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 Freddys X Garcia Google Matthew M Antonucci Freddys X Garcia Google Scholar Matthew M Antonucci Freddys X Garcia PubMed Matthew M Antonucci Freddys X Garcia 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.