CERVICAL DYSTONIA AND SPREADING OF REFLEXES IDENTIFIED THROUGH BASELINE TESTING
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European Brain Center, Sweden
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NeuroWorks Healthcare LLC, United States
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Carrick Institute, United States
BACKGROUND: A female patient presented to our clinic with cervical tightness, shoulder pain, balance concerns. Her goal was to improve health and reduce shoulder pain.
METHODS: An extensive neurological exam and baseline was performed and the patient was scheduled for an intensive multi-day treatment plan 3 months later. Baseline testing included video ocular graphing (VOG), computerized assessment of dynamic posturography (CAPS), blind spot mapping, video head impulse testing (vHIT). An intensive program was focused on reintegrating the gravitational pull within the vestibular system (semicircular canal and otolith systems) and its cortical counterparts, orthogonal ocular motor re-mapping, complex multi-axial joint integration, repetitive peripheral somatosensory stimulation (RPSS), Vagus nerve stimulation (Gamma-core), vestibular tone/sound integration. Therapy was applied over a five- treatments with a six-day span including baseline testing and examination.
RESULTS: After an intensive brain-based therapy program, she had a reduction in the spreading of reflexes, cervical dystonia and shoulder pain. She had the feeling of being lighter and more mobile. She had improved autonomic features in VOG testing, VOG testing improved with less intrusions and displayed smoothing out of ocular testing.
CONCLUSION: Reintegrating the gravitational pull of graviceptive receptors in the semicircular canals and otolith system and combination of orthogonal ocular re-mapping helped reduced cervical dystonia in our patient. The authors recommend further research into how the graviceptive components can contribute to dystonia.
Keywords:
Dystonia,
Cervical dystonia,
vestibular therapy,
Brain Based Rehabilitation,
Neurorehabilitation,
vestibular ocular therapy
Conference:
International Symposium on Clinical Neuroscience 2018, Orlando, Florida, United States, 24 May - 26 May, 2018.
Presentation Type:
Poster
Topic:
Clinical Applications in health, disease, and injury to the nervous system
Citation:
Sockander
LH,
Behrendt
BR and
Rayo
S
(2018). CERVICAL DYSTONIA AND SPREADING OF REFLEXES IDENTIFIED THROUGH BASELINE TESTING.
Front. Neurol.
Conference Abstract:
International Symposium on Clinical Neuroscience 2018.
doi: 10.3389/conf.fneur.2018.60.00103
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Received:
02 Apr 2018;
Published Online:
14 Dec 2018.
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Correspondence:
Dr. Leif H Sockander, European Brain Center, Kungälv, Sweden, lhsockander@me.com
Dr. Benjamin R Behrendt, NeuroWorks Healthcare LLC, Marietta, GA, United States, drben@neuroworkshealthcare.com