Transdisciplinary Assessment of the Multi-Symptomatic Patient after Concussion
Tracks
C3
Friday, March 29, 2024 |
8:00 AM - 9:25 AM |
Mirage Events Center C3 |
Session Type/Accreditation
Concurrent Symposia Session (CME) - Moderator and Chair: Nathan Zasler
Speaker(s)
Dr. Nathan Zasler
CEO and Medical Director
Concussion Care Centre of Virginia
Transdisciplinary Assessment of the Multi-Symptomatic Patient after Concussion
Abstract(s)
This session will incorporate presentations by experts in brain injury medicine, neuro-optometry and physical therapy to review some critically important caveats regarding the importance of interdisciplinary holistic team assessment and management of patients following concussion. The need for symptom specific differential diagnosis and treatment of symptom generators will be emphasized. The dangers of generic diagnostic labeling in the context of assessment will also be reviewed. Physician assessment and pointers will be provided and clinical nuances to maintain awareness of in this context will be discussed including exploring the symptom overlap between concussion, whiplash and oculovestibular dysfunction. The need for assessment of oculomotor dysfunction will be elaborated on by an experienced neuro-optometrist delineating the array of symptoms that can result from impairments of this type and the complexity of the anatomical connections of the systems involved in polytrauma that can generate such impairment. All too often the role of visual dysfunction following these types of traumatic injuries is undervalued and inadequately assessed and therefore treated. Lastly, the importance of multimodal assessment and treatment of the complaint of post-traumatic headache will be reviewed in the context of the myriad potential symptom generators for this common complaint and the critical importance of comprehensive “hands-on” examinations by experienced medical, neuro-optometric and physical therapy practitioners. Post-traumatic headache treatment strategies will also be addressed.
Dr. Nathan Zasler
CEO and Medical Director
Concussion Care Centre of Virginia
Concussion Clinical Caveats
8:00 AM - 8:25 AM
Dr. Sara Etheredge
Concussion Care Centre of Virginia
Cervical Impairments After Concussion
8:25 AM - 8:50 AM
Dr. Jacqueline Theis
Virginia Neuro-Optometry