Brain Injury

Stroke

Clinical Practice (assessment, diagnosis, treatment, knowledge translation/EBP, implementation science, program development)

Symposium

(603547) Assessing and Managing Vestibular Symptoms Following Traumatic Brain Injury

Presenter(s)

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  Nathan Zasler, MD, DABPM&R, FACRM, BIM-C, CBIST

  CEO & Medical Director
  Concussion Care Centre of Virginia and Tree of Life
  Richmond, Virginia
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  Preeti Verma, PT, MSPT

  Certified Vestibular Rehabilitation Specialist
  Sheltering Arms Rehabilitation Centers
  Richmond, Virginia
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  Neera Kapoor, OD, MS

  Clinical Associate Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine
  NYU School of Medicine
  New York, New York

Regarding vestibular deficits following traumatic brain injury (TBI), this symposium presents an interdisciplinary evaluative and management paradigm involving brain injury medicine, physical therapy, and neuro-optometry.

Vestibular function, which involves auditory, vestibular, somatosensory/proprioceptive, and visual inputs, is impacted after TBI in 23-81% of the civilian population and 7-24% of the military population.

Vestibular neuro-anatomy and physiology will be overviewed illustrating the potential for impact from TBI, concussion, and whiplash. With key diagnostic criteria, evaluative testing, symptom inventories, and management techniques, early differential diagnosis is possible permitting appropriate management and earlier modulation of symptoms to enhance quality of life and function.

Learning Objectives:

• Upon completion, participants will be familiar with relevant post-traumatic vestibular and ophthalmic nomenclature, along with key symptoms.
• Upon completion, participants will be able to recognize and identify key aspects of the anatomy of vestibular pathways which are related to understanding the pathophysiology and etiology of post-traumatic dizziness/vertigo.
• Upon completion, participants will be able to differentially diagnose various potential conditions related to the variability of symptoms evident with post-traumatic dizziness and vertigo.
• Upon completion, participants will be able to identify important components of a comprehensive vestibular evaluation and common functional outcome measures for monitoring progress.
• Upon completion, participants will be able to understand the complementary roles and key treatment approaches of vestibular rehabilitation and neuro-optometric rehabilitation in the management of post-traumatic vestibular dysfunction.