Improvements in emotional, cognitive and motoric function in a teenage female subsequent to functional neurology treatment

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Event Abstract Back to Event Improvements in emotional, cognitive and motoric function in a teenage female subsequent to functional neurology treatment Linda Mullin Elkins1* and Susan E. Esposito1 1 Life University, Chiropractic Sciences, United States Background: A 13 year-old female presented with complaints of anxiety, depression and worsening of ADD/ADHD symptoms following a softball injury where she was hit in the head with a fly ball. She required supervision when doing homework as she had difficulty staying on task. She also had trouble catching and throwing the softball with accuracy. Methods: Patient exam showed a decreased left sided facial tone and left palatal paresis. A left beating nystagmus was noted along with bilateral hippus and a bilateral 3-1 V/A ratio. She exhibited a right sway in Rhomberg position, decreased right arm swing and freezing of gait with absence of arm swing on dual tasking. She could only recall two of three words after a 5 minute delay. Posture exam revealed left head tilt. The patient was given at-home therapy including rightward saccades with passive yes-yes gaze stabilization exercises. Right chair rotation with downward optokinetics were prescribed along with passive complex movements of the right extremities. She was seen four times in two weeks. Results: She reported much less anxiety after 5 day of therapy and improved ability to concentrate. She required little supervision when doing homework. After 2 weeks there was normalization of facial tone, no evidence of nystagmus, 2-1 V/A ratio and improved arm swing. Gait had mild hesitations without freezing in dual tasking. She completed three of three words in a recall test. After 10 days of therapy the coach moved her from right field to shortstop where she completed a double play. Conclusion: Positive outcomes in this case encourage further study of functional neurological strategies in the treatment of children with emotional, cognitive and motoric dysfunction. Keywords: pediatric, Chiropractic, Functional Neurology, Anxiety, Depression 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: Mullin Elkins L and Esposito SE (2015). Improvements in emotional, cognitive and motoric function in a teenage female subsequent to functional neurology treatment. Front. Neurol. Conference Abstract: International Symposium on Clinical Neuroscience: TBI and Neurodegeneration. doi: 10.3389/conf.fneur.2015.58.00042 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. Linda Mullin Elkins, Life University, Chiropractic Sciences, Marietta, GA, 30060, United States, mullin@life.edu 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 Linda Mullin Elkins Susan E Esposito Google Linda Mullin Elkins Susan E Esposito Google Scholar Linda Mullin Elkins Susan E Esposito PubMed Linda Mullin Elkins Susan E Esposito 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.