IMPROVEMENTS IN A PATIENT WITH MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AND DYSLEXIA FOLLOWING MULTIMODAL NEUROREHABILITATION

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Event Abstract Back to Event IMPROVEMENTS IN A PATIENT WITH MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AND DYSLEXIA FOLLOWING MULTIMODAL NEUROREHABILITATION Frederick R. Carrick1* and David J. Traster1* 1 Carrick Institute, United States Background: We describe a 60 year-old male who presented to a chiropractic neurology clinic with a history of mild traumatic brain injury. The patient experienced severe dyslexia, migraines, photophobia, hyperacusis, lack of steadiness, autonomic changes and right sided hypertonicity of musculature. Methods: Upon comprehensive neurologic examination the patient demonstrated bilaterally non-responsive pupils upon direct light reflex, absence of adduction on left eye upon convergence testing, absent visual optokinetic nystagmus in all directions, and inability to read due to oculomotor deficits. The patient participated in a five day program of neurorehabilitation involving specific oculomotor therapy as well as off-vertical-axis-rotation therapy. Results: The patient experienced a normalization of visual optokinetic nystagmus responses. The patient improved reading comprehension as a result of improved version and vergence integrity. Conclusion: Integrated neurorehabilitation utilizing oculomotor, vestibular and physical rehabilitation produced significant improvements in a patient with dyslexia. The authors suggest further investigation into neurorehabilitation with dyslexia. Keywords: Traumatic brain injury (TBI), Dyslexia, Neurorehabilitation, concussion, concussion rehabilitation 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: Carrick FR and Traster DJ (2015). IMPROVEMENTS IN A PATIENT WITH MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AND DYSLEXIA FOLLOWING MULTIMODAL NEUROREHABILITATION. Front. Neurol. Conference Abstract: International Symposium on Clinical Neuroscience: TBI and Neurodegeneration. doi: 10.3389/conf.fneur.2015.58.00086 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 2015; Published Online: 02 Nov 2015. * Correspondence: Prof. Frederick R Carrick, Carrick Institute, Cape Canaveral, United States, drfrcarrick@post.harvard.edu Dr. David J Traster, Carrick Institute, Cape Canaveral, United States, dtraster3@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 Frederick R Carrick David J Traster Google Frederick R Carrick David J Traster Google Scholar Frederick R Carrick David J Traster PubMed Frederick R Carrick David J Traster 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.