97% Improvement in Symtpom Composite Score and Cognition, in a Case of Pediatiric Brain Injury Following 1 Week of Multi-Modal Neuro-Rehabilitation
Matthew Antonucci1, 2*, Chris M. Sass1, 2 and Brian J. Sass1, 2
1 Plasticity Brain Centers, United States
2 Carrick Institute for Graduate Studies, United States
Background: A 7-year-old male presented with severe complaints of anxiety, nausea, blurred vision, fatigue, headache, head pressure, light and sound sensitivity, temperature sensitivity and tinnitus. His history consisted of a brain injury as a result of an idiopathic seizure at 2 years of age. Graded Symptom Checklist (GSC) severity score was 75/138. Standard Assessment of Concussion (SAC) was scored at 18/30. Trails A (TA) and Trails B (TB) had scores of 108.6 sec and 173.5 seconds respectively
Methods: A five-day, multi-modal program of neurological rehabilitation was administered three times per day, for approximately 45 minutes per session. Each session consisted of electrical somatosensory stimulation, neuromuscular reeducation exercises, vestibular rehabilitation, off-vertical axis rotation, and eye exercises.
Results: Following the course of treatment, the patient had an overall decrease in GSC severity to a 2/138 (-97.3%), increased SAC score to 24/30 (+25%), decreased TA time 58.6 sec (-46%), decreased TB time 116.9sec (-33.3%).
Conclusion: Short duration, multi-modal, intensive programs of neurological rehabilitation may effectively reduce symptoms and improve cognitive abilities of children with brain injury associated symptoms. Further research into high intensity, short-duration, multi-modal neurological rehabilitation for pediatric brain injury is needed.
Keywords: Cognition, Vestibular Rehabilitation, Neurorehabilitation, concussion, TBI
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:
Antonucci M, Sass CM and Sass BJ (2015). 97% IMPROVEMENT IN SYMTPOM COMPOSITE SCORE AND COGNITION, IN A CASE OF PEDIATIRIC BRAIN INJURY FOLLOWING 1 WEEK OF MULTI-MODAL NEURO-REHABILITATION. Front. Neurol. Conference Abstract: International Symposium on Clinical Neuroscience: TBI and Neurodegeneration. doi: 10.3389/conf.fneur.2015.58.00054
Received: 30 Oct 2015; Published Online: 02 Nov 2015.
Footnotes:
1 Plasticity Brain Centers, United States
2 Carrick Institute for Graduate Studies, United States
Correspondence: Dr. Matthew Antonucci, Plasticity Brain Centers, Orlando, Florida, United States, mantonucci@carrickinstitute.com