MULTIMODAL NEUROREHABILITATION IMPROVES VERTIGO AND DIPLOPIA

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Event Abstract Back to Event MULTIMODAL NEUROREHABILITATION IMPROVES VERTIGO AND DIPLOPIA Frederick R. Carrick1*, David J. Traster1*, Brian Sass1*, Chris Sass1*, Andrew Funk2* and Jean Carlos Acevedo2* 1 Carrick Institute, United States 2 Life University, United States Background: A 13 year old male presents with the chief complaint of diplopia and vertigo after sustaining two closed head injuries during athletics. Methods: A thorough neurological examination revealed a right beating nystagmus in the dark, left sided hypertonic musculature, decreased left arm swing during gait, and spilling of reflexes on his left side. Upon initial diagnostic testing, only nineteen out of one-hundred saccades registered on the saccadometer testing. A management plan involving oculomotor rehabilitation, repetitive peripheral somatosensory stimulation, mirror therapy and off-vertical-axis-rotation vestibular rehabilitation was performed. Results: After five days of treatment, the patient reported a complete resolution of diplopia and vertigo. The patient had significant improvements in clinical markers of posturography and recorded a full hundred saccades during follow-up saccadometer testing. Conclusions: The authors suggest further investigation into comprehensive, multimodal forms of neurorehabilitation in the treatment of mild traumatic brain injuries. Keywords: Vertigo, Diplopia, Double vision, concussion, concussion rehabilitation, Neurorehabilitation 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, Traster DJ, Sass B, Sass C, Funk A and Acevedo J (2015). MULTIMODAL NEUROREHABILITATION IMPROVES VERTIGO AND DIPLOPIA. Front. Neurol. Conference Abstract: International Symposium on Clinical Neuroscience: TBI and Neurodegeneration. doi: 10.3389/conf.fneur.2015.58.00123 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: Prof. Frederick R Carrick, Carrick Institute, Cape Canaveral, United States, drfrcarrick@gmail.com Dr. David J Traster, Carrick Institute, Cape Canaveral, United States, dtraster3@gmail.com Dr. Brian Sass, Carrick Institute, Cape Canaveral, United States, sassbria@gmail.com Dr. Chris Sass, Carrick Institute, Cape Canaveral, United States, sasschr1@gmail.com Dr. Andrew Funk, Life University, Marietta, United States, funkaj1981@yahoo.com Mr. Jean Carlos Acevedo, Life University, Marietta, United States, jeanacevedo@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 Brian Sass Chris Sass Andrew Funk Jean Carlos Acevedo Google Frederick R Carrick David J Traster Brian Sass Chris Sass Andrew Funk Jean Carlos Acevedo Google Scholar Frederick R Carrick David J Traster Brian Sass Chris Sass Andrew Funk Jean Carlos Acevedo PubMed Frederick R Carrick David J Traster Brian Sass Chris Sass Andrew Funk Jean Carlos Acevedo 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.