SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA IMPROVES WITH MULTIMODAL NEUROREHABILITATION
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Carrick Institute, United States
Background:
We describe a 49 year-old female who presents with a more than twenty year history of progressive hereditary spastic paraplegia and symptoms of anxiety, mental fatigue, exhaustion, depression, nausea, dizziness, food sensitivities, and balance problems.
Methods:
Comprehensive neurologic examination demonstrated a slowness of speech, freezing and spastic gait. Computerized dynamic posturography testing showed a stability score of 39.7% on a non-perturbed surface with neutral head position and eyes open. The patient participated in a five day neurorehabilitation program that included repetitive peripheral somatosensory stimulation to maxillary and mandibular distributions of the right trigeminal system and specific oculomotor rehabilitation exercises.
Results:
The patient reported improvements in limb spasticity, irritability, anxiety, fatigue and the ability to converse and concentrate. A stability score of 71.7% in a non-perturbed neutral position with eyes open was recorded.
Conclusion:
Due to improvements observed, the authors suggest further research into multimodal neurolorehabilitation approaches toward spastic paraplegia.
Keywords:
spastic paraplegia,
Neurorehabilitation,
Spastic Paraplegia, Hereditary,
Dizziness,
Balance control
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). SPASTIC PARAPLEGIA IMPROVES WITH MULTIMODAL NEUROREHABILITATION.
Front. Neurol.
Conference Abstract:
International Symposium on Clinical Neuroscience: TBI and Neurodegeneration.
doi: 10.3389/conf.fneur.2015.58.00113
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Received:
02 Sep 2015;
Published Online:
02 Nov 2015.
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Correspondence:
Prof. Frederick R Carrick, Carrick Institute, Marietta, United States, drfrcarrick@post.harvard.edu
Dr. David J Traster, Carrick Institute, Marietta, United States, dtraster3@gmail.com