MULTIMODAL NEUROREHABILITATION IMPROVES PATIENT WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DYSLEXIA

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Event Abstract Back to Event MULTIMODAL NEUROREHABILITATION IMPROVES PATIENT WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DYSLEXIA David J. Traster1* and Kelsey Brenner1* 1 Carrick Institute, United States Background: We describe a 20 year old male who presents with developmental dyslexia, ADHD and visual tracking problems. Methods: Comprehensive neurologic examination demonstrated a left yaw and left roll head positioning with a left correctasia. Decrease palate elevation bilaterally, decrease of left peripheral visual field upon confrontation testing, bilateral decrease of arm swing upon gait examination with left Lateropulsion during dual task, left percussion myotonia of the thumb and a positive Myerson’s/glabellar sign. Oculomotor examination revealed large amplitude saccadic intrusions contaminating the smooth visual pursuits in all directions. Three days of a neurorehabilitation program was administered consisting of specific oculomotor rehabilitation, off-vertical-axis-rotation vestibular rehabilitation, interactive metronome and repetitive peripheral somatosensory stimulation of the tongue bilaterally. Results: Patient reported improvement in focus and reading ability. Initial saccadic intrusions were completely resolved during pursuit testing in all directions. Conclusion: This case showed significant improvements in a patient with developmental dyslexia. The authors suggest further investigation concerning a multimodal neurorehabilitation strategy in the management of developmental dyslexia. Keywords: Dyslexia, devleopmental dyslexia, Neurorehabilitation, ADHD, visual tracking disorder, reading comprehension 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: Traster DJ and Brenner K (2015). MULTIMODAL NEUROREHABILITATION IMPROVES PATIENT WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DYSLEXIA. Front. Neurol. Conference Abstract: International Symposium on Clinical Neuroscience: TBI and Neurodegeneration. doi: 10.3389/conf.fneur.2015.58.00111 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 2015; Published Online: 02 Nov 2015. * Correspondence: Dr. David J Traster, Carrick Institute, Cape Canaveral, United States, dtraster3@gmail.com Dr. Kelsey Brenner, Carrick Institute, Cape Canaveral, United States, kelseyjoanbrenner@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 David J Traster Kelsey Brenner Google David J Traster Kelsey Brenner Google Scholar David J Traster Kelsey Brenner PubMed David J Traster Kelsey Brenner 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.