NEUROREHABILIATION IMPROVES DIPLOPIA AND NYSTAGMUS FOLLOWING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY

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Event Abstract Back to Event NEUROREHABILIATION IMPROVES DIPLOPIA AND NYSTAGMUS FOLLOWING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY Frederick R. Carrick1*, David J. Traster1*, Chriss Sass1* and Brian Sass1* 1 Carrick Institute, United States Background: A 26 year old professional athlete presents with post-concussive symptoms including diplopia following a severe traumatic brain injury that occurred five years prior. Methods: A though neurological evaluation was performed and revealed abnormalities of eye movements were recorded in gaze holding, pursuit movements, saccadic eye movements, and optokinetic testing. A treatment approach involving vestibular stimulation, peripheral somatosensory stimulation, and oculomotor rehabilitation was administered. Results: After three days of treatment, the patient reported an 80 percent improvement in the severity and occurrence of his diplopia. Conclusion: The authors suggest further investigation into comprehensive, multimodal forms of neurorehabilitation in the management of traumatic brain injury. Keywords: Diplopia, Nystagmus, Pathologic, Neurorehabilitation, Traumatic brain injury (TBI), concussion 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 C and Sass B (2015). NEUROREHABILIATION IMPROVES DIPLOPIA AND NYSTAGMUS FOLLOWING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY. Front. Neurol. Conference Abstract: International Symposium on Clinical Neuroscience: TBI and Neurodegeneration. doi: 10.3389/conf.fneur.2015.58.00121 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@post.harvard.edu Dr. David J Traster, Carrick Institute, Cape Canaveral, United States, dtraster3@gmail.com Dr. Chriss Sass, Carrick Institute, Cape Canaveral, United States, sasschr1@gmail.com Dr. Brian Sass, Carrick Institute, Cape Canaveral, United States, sassbria@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 Chriss Sass Brian Sass Google Frederick R Carrick David J Traster Chriss Sass Brian Sass Google Scholar Frederick R Carrick David J Traster Chriss Sass Brian Sass PubMed Frederick R Carrick David J Traster Chriss Sass Brian Sass 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.