POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME IMPROVES THROUGH MULTIMODAL NEUROREHABILITATION

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Event Abstract Back to Event POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME IMPROVES THROUGH MULTIMODAL NEUROREHABILITATION David J. Traster1* and Kelsey Brenner1* 1 Carrick Institute, United States Background: We describe a 33 year old male nine months post-concussion. Symptoms consist of headaches, neck pain, numbness on left sided face, arm and leg, anxiety, as well as feeling overwhelmed with daily tasks. Methods: Comprehensive neurologic examination revealed a twenty pint increase in blood pressure on the right arm compared to the left. Decreased lower left peripheral field of vision upon confrontation testing, decreased right palate, left lower facial weakness, percussion myotonia of the thumb, left pendular patella reflex as well as a right oculomotor convergence spasm. A five day neurorehabilitation program was administered consisting of a canalith repositioning maneuver, repetitive peripheral somatosensory stimulation of the left trigeminal system and left median nerve, off-vertical-axis-rotation vestibular rehabilitation, visual hemistim stimulation, interactive metronome, oculomotor rehabilitation as well as breathing exercises. Results: Patient experience improvements in headaches, neck pain, energy level, cognition as well as numbness sensations. Blood pressure was even and normal bilaterally. Conclusion: The authors suggest further research into multimodal neurorehabilitation in the management of post-concussion syndrome. Keywords: concussion, Traumatic brain injury (TBI), Post-Concussion Syndrome, Neurorehabilitation, concussion rehabilitation 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). POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME IMPROVES THROUGH MULTIMODAL NEUROREHABILITATION. Front. Neurol. Conference Abstract: International Symposium on Clinical Neuroscience: TBI and Neurodegeneration. doi: 10.3389/conf.fneur.2015.58.00108 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.