REDUCTION OF PALATAL MYOCLONUS WITH NOVEL BRAIN REHABILITATION TREATMENT
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Broadview Spine and Health Centre, Canada
Background:
A 43 year old male presented with a chief complaint of myoclonus of the palate eight months in duration.Medical history includes Crohn's disease,obsessive compulsive disorder as well as a series of concussions.Fluvoxamine and a course of chiropractic care did not attenuate his symptoms.
Methods:
Neurological examination revealed right head roll,left tongue protrusion,hypotonia of the palate on the left,decreased right arm swing during gait,and percussive myotonia on the left thenar eminence.Balance score with computerized posturography on a perturbed surface with eyes closed was 63%(moderate reduction),saccadic eye movement latencies were 276 and 249 msec(N<200msec) for left and right targets respectively.
Results:
After 12 treatment sessions,there was a self reported 90% reduction of symptoms.Head posture was neutral as was tongue protrusion.Left palatal tone compared to the right showed minimal difference.Percussive myotonia of the left thenar eminence was absent as well as restoration of normal arm swing during gait.Balance score was 73%(minimal reduction), saccadic latencies were 179 and 153 msec for left and right targets respectively.
Conclusion:
The author suggests further investigation into brain rehabilitation for the treatment of palatal myoclonus.
Keywords:
Palatal myoclonus,
saccadic eye movement,
posturography,
hypotonia,
saccadic latencies
Conference:
International Symposium on Clinical Neuroscience: Clinical Neuroscience for Optimization of Human Function, Orlando, United States, 7 Oct - 9 Oct, 2016.
Presentation Type:
Poster Presentation
Topic:
Abstracts ISCN 2016
Citation:
Lawrence
JO
(2016). REDUCTION OF PALATAL MYOCLONUS WITH NOVEL BRAIN REHABILITATION TREATMENT.
Front. Neurol.
Conference Abstract:
International Symposium on Clinical Neuroscience: Clinical Neuroscience for Optimization of Human Function.
doi: 10.3389/conf.fneur.2016.59.00093
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Received:
02 Sep 2016;
Published Online:
07 Sep 2016.
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Correspondence:
Dr. Joseph O Lawrence, Broadview Spine and Health Centre, Ottawa, Canada, jomldc@icloud.com