POST-CONCUSSION DIZZINESS IMPROVES FROM MULTIMODAL NEUROREHABILITATION

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Event Abstract Back to Event POST-CONCUSSION DIZZINESS IMPROVES FROM MULTIMODAL NEUROREHABILITATION Frederick R. Carrick1* and David J. Traster1* 1 Carrick Institute, United States Background: We describe an 18 year-old male who presents with headaches, dizziness, brain fog and nausea following multiple mild traumatic brain injuries sustained during athletics. Methods: Comprehensive neurologic examination demonstrated a Myerson’s/glabella sign, and a grade 2 hypomimia on the UPDRS scale. During oculomotor examination the patient had marked instability in eccentric gaze holding in all planes, bilateral saccadic pursuits horizontally, hypometric saccades in all planes, and minimal horizontal visual optokinetic nystagmus responses. The patient participated in a five day vestibular rehabilitation program that included off-vertical-axis-rotation vestibular rehabilitation, gaze stabilization exercises and repetitive peripheral somatosensory stimulation to ophthalmic, maxillary and mandibular distributions of the trigeminal nerve bilaterally. Results: The patient had a complete resolution of dizziness as well as improvements in mental clarity and nausea. Conclusion: The authors suggest further investigation into multimodal neurorehabilitaion in the management of mild traumatic brain injuries. Keywords: Dizziness, concussion, concussion rehabilitation, Traumatic brain injury (TBI), Neurorehabilitation, Nausea 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). POST-CONCUSSION DIZZINESS IMPROVES FROM MULTIMODAL NEUROREHABILITATION. Front. Neurol. Conference Abstract: International Symposium on Clinical Neuroscience: TBI and Neurodegeneration. doi: 10.3389/conf.fneur.2015.58.00088 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 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.