Antonucci Matthew

• Professor (Associate) at Carrick Institute for Graduade Studies, United States

Background: Eye movement research serves as a critical tool for assessing brain function, diagnosing neurological and psychiatric disorders, and understanding cognition and behavior. Sex differences have largely been under reported or ignored in neurological research. However, eye movement features provide biomarkers that are useful for disease cla...

Treatment of the chronic sequela that persist after a mild traumatic brain injury has been challenging with limited efficacy. The aim of this work was to report outcomes obtained from persons who met the criteria of persisting post-concussive symptoms (PPCS), utilizing a novel combination of modalities in a structured neurorehabilitation program. T...

Objective Discuss neurorehabilitation efficacy in a case of concussion without direct head impact. Background While there is growing concern about the prevalence and severity of concussion in mixed martial arts, a grappling component, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, is not typically perceived as high risk. Rapid acceleration or deceleration without direct he...

Objective Demonstrate neurocognitive improvements in an inactive, amateur football athlete following a functional neurology approach to multimodal neurorehabilitation. Background American Football has been reported to have one of the highest incidences of concussion in all contact sports. Given the high rate of concussive blows during play, the in...

Objective To demonstrate decreased post-concussive symptomatology and neurocognitive improvements in a professional hockey player following a multimodal, functional neurology approach to neurorehabilitation. Background Hockey is one of the top 3 sports in which concussions occur and has one of the top 10 highest participation numbers of sports in...

Objective To present the evaluation of 12 rehabilitation cases as a case series in sports-related concussion. Background Sport-related concussion is a common injury in the NHL. While most athletes recover within few weeks of sustaining a mild head injury, some still experience persistent symptoms for months or years after following recommended rec...

Objective The objective of the study was to analyze the relationship between a single question on quality of life and composite Graded Symptom Checklist (GSC) score in a population of 350 individuals diagnosed with a concussion seeking treatment at an outpatient neurorehabilitation center. Background While the majority of people subjected to a con...

Objective This case-series study investigates the effect of a condensed multi-modal neurorehabilitation program on neurocognitive measures and self-reported symptoms using the C3Logix assessment tool on 137 individuals with diagnosed Post-Concussion Syndrome (PCS). Background In PCS, neurocognitive dysfunction is typically accompanied by symptoms...

Objective Objective is to show improvements in cognition and balance following neurological rehabilitation in patient with post-concussive syndrome (PCS) and subsequent minor head traumas. Background A 23-year-old male presented to Plasticity Centers for evaluation and treatment of persistent symptoms following a sports-related concussion that occ...

Objective Objective is to show improvements in cognition and balance following neurologic rehabilitation for patient with post-concussive syndrome (PCS). Background A 17-year-old, female, patient presented to Plasticity Brain Centers for evaluation and treatment of persistent symptoms following 3 diagnosed concussions. Her first concussion occurre...

Objective To suggest the efficacy of multi-modal, intensive, neurologic rehabilitation approaches to improve cognition, balance, and cognitive impairment in patients with post-concussion syndrome. Background A 58-year-old male patient presented to Plasticity Brain Centers for evaluation and treatment of persistent symptoms following a previously d...

Introduction: Eye movement pathology can assist in the identification, diagnosis and treatment of mental health disorders. Eye-tracking paradigms have been utilized to provide greater ecological validity, and directly capture the detailed sequence of processes in perception and attention, while quantifying classifiers in mood, anxiety, and psychot...

Context Approximately 1.8–3.6 million annual traumatic brain injuries occur in the United States. An evidence-based treatment for concussions that is reliable and effective has not been available. Objective The objective of this study is to test whether head–eye vestibular motion (HEVM) therapy is associated with decreased symptoms and increased f...

Background: 37-year-old, Venezuelan male, with a prior established diagnosis of schizophrenia presented with emotional disturbances including depression, expressive agnosia, paresthesias, hyper-emotionality, fear/paranoia, aggressive thoughts, and brain fog. His Graded Symptom Checklist (GSC) severity was 44/162. His Trails A and B times were 22.7...

Background: A 76-yeear-old, male, previously diagnosed vascular dementia, presented with symptoms of memory problems, decreased cognition, and fogginess. Graded Symptom Checklist (GSC) severity was 34/162. Trails A (TA) was 55.4 seconds, Trails B (TB) was 117.7 upon intake. Processing speed was unable to perform upon intake due to processing speed...

Background: A 59-year-old, male, with a history of a left-sided MCA stroke, presented with right hand and face numbness, right hand weakness, incomplete Wernicke's receptive aphasia, and confusion. His Graded Symptom Checklist (GSC) severity was 78/162. Standard Assessment of Cognition (SAC) was 0/30. Trails A (TA) was unable to be completed within...

Background: A 21-year-old, female, college rower with a history of 3 documented concussions, presented with symptoms of headache, brain fog, and difficulty processing information. Graded Symptom Checklist (GSC) severity was 32/162. Trails A (TA) time was 29.1 seconds, Trails B (TB) time was 62.8 seconds. Processing Speed (PS) was 55 symbols matched...

Improvement in symptom severity, processing speed and visual acuity in a patient with a history of multiple concussions and anxiety, with neurological rehabilitation and pulsed magnetic frequency therapy Matthew M. Antonucci 1, 2, 3* and Frederick R. Carrick 1, 4 • 1 Carrick Institute, Clinical Neuroscience, USA • 2 Plasticity Brain Centers, Neuro...

Background: A 42-year-old, college professor, with a history of concussion following a motor vehicle accident, presented with symptoms of headache, neck pain, balance problems, fatigue, low energy and trouble driving. Graded Symptom Checklist (GSC) severity was 33/162. Trails A (TA) and Trails B (TB) had scores of 27.0 seconds and 32.9 seconds resp...

Background: A 23-year-old, male, right hand dominant/left-hand stick holding, hockey player with a history of concussion presents with occasional lightheadedness, fogginess, and a constant feeling of being in a “daze”. His Graded Symptom Checklist (GSC) severity was 48/162. His Standard Assessment of Concussion (SAC) was 26/30, Trails A (TA) 13.6 s...

Passive head motions are commonly used in vestibular rehabilitation to improve gaze stability. These motions are typically executed by a trained clinician who sinusoidally repeatedly rotates the patient's head in yaw (no-no) or pitch (yes-yes) by a prescribed amplitude and at a prescribed velocity. Recently, a robotic device called “Essential Vesti...

Background: A 20 year old, male, former high school football player, with a history of 3 concussions, presented with fogginess, sluggishness, light sensitivity, blurred vision, head pressure, and headache of 2-year duration. Graded Symptom Checklist (GSC) severity score was 31/138. Standard Assessment of Cognition (SAC) was scored at 27/30. Trails...

Background: An 18 year old, high school, male hockey player, with a history of 7 documented concussions, presented with symptoms of headache, “brain fog”, and sluggishness. Graded Symptom Checklist (GSC) severity was a 14/138. Standard Assessment of Cognition (SAC) was scored at 21/30. Trails A (TA) and Trails B (TB) had scores of 22.3 sec and 51.8...

Background: We describe a 27 year old female who presents with a seven year history of concussions. She complains of headaches, fatigue, memory and concentration problems, nausea, depression and speech difficulties. Methods: A diagnosis of a centrally maintained vestibulopathy secondary to a mild traumatic brain injury was confirmed by examination....

PRESENTATION: A 16 year old high school hockey player presented with headaches and dizziness following a prior mild traumatic brain injury while playing hockey. The patient was evaluated diagnostically by the use of dynamic posturography. Dynamic posturography is a non-invasive specialized clinical assessment that quantifies how well the patient is...

PRESENTATION: A 24 year old professional hockey player presented with anxiety, difficulty concentrating, and balance issues. He had sustained two previous head injuries while playing hockey. The patient was evaluated diagnostically by the use of saccadometry. Saccadometry is the evaluation of saccadic eye movements using infrared laser technology....

Background: We describe a male in his 60’s who presents with a three year history of vertigo. Episodes of three to eight hour durations would produce dizziness, disorientation, tinnitus, as well as memory and cognitive difficulties. Methods: A centrally maintained vertigo was confirmed through neurological examination. The patient was found to have...

PRESENTATION: A 44 year old medical professional with a history of increased intracranial pressure presented with daily pulsating headaches, pulsatile tinnitus, insomnia, and difficulty concentrating. His difficulty concentrating was his main complaint initially. The patient was evaluated diagnostically by the use of C3 Logix system. The C3 Logix s...

PRESENTATION: A 39 year old medical professional presented with headaches, difficulty concentrating, difficulty remembering, fatigue, feeling “in a fog”, and increased emotionality. Each of these were 6/6 on subjective symptom assessment. The patient was evaluated diagnostically by the use of saccadometry. Saccadometry is the evaluation of saccadic...

Background: A 30 year-old, active, male professional basketball player in “good health” was experiencing slowness, lower extremity posterior compartment tightness, decreased balance, mild sadness, anxiety, irritability, trouble sleeping, fogginess, and “feeling off”. He exhibited dysmetria of rightward saccades, inability to maintain steady gaze-ho...

Background: A 39-year-old female was referred by her chiropractor and presented with a history of a 10-year gradual onset of weight gain, fatigue, “severe” pain, irritability, nausea, and bowel irritability. Graded Symptom Checklist (GSC) severity score was 83/138. Standard Assessment of Cognition (SAC) was scored at 27/30. Trails A (TA) and Trails...

BACKGROUND: A 56 year old female patient presented with excruciating headaches and head pressure that has been present for 17 years after an head injury. She was unable to walk unassisted when she initially presented into the clinic. EXAMINATION: The patient presented with a symptom count of 23/27 and a symptom severity of 98/162. During balance te...

PRESENTATION: A 44 year old medical professional with a history of increased intracranial pressure presented with daily pulsating headaches, pulsatile tinnitus, insomnia, and difficulty concentrating. His difficulty concentrating was his main complaint initially. The patient was evaluated diagnostically by the use of saccadometry. Saccadometry is t...

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 75/1...

BACKGROUND: A 24 year old professional hockey player presented with anxiety, difficulty concentrating, and balance issues. He had sustained two previous head injuries while playing hockey. EXAMINATION: The patient presented with a pathological left ocular tilt reaction. The patient’s seated heart rate was 55 beats per minute (BPM) and increased to...

Background: Off vertical axis and multiplane whole body vestibular rotational therapy has received great attention by major network television and press subsequent to its utilization in the treatment of sports concussions and other traumatic brain injuries that result in neurological challenges to balance and gait. We desired to test the therapy in...