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Goal: Research cognitive and oculomotor
function in persons with mild Traumatic Brain Injuries (mTBI).
Measure response to customized exercise including balance
retraining or oculomotor training. Develop oculomotor exercises
that allow to alleviate mTBI symptoms.
Motivation: Current treatment regimens fail to
address the co-morbidities common to patients with mild traumatic
brain injury (mTBI). As clinicians struggle to treat patients with
acute and chronic mTBI, they continue to be challenged by the
complex sequelae of symptoms or “symptom cluster” which includes
cognitive, behavioral and physical dysfunction. This project
addresses the recent evidence which suggests that a variety of
oculomotor and sleep disorders are interrelated in persons with mTB
and should be addressed during rehabilitative treatment protocols.
Project Status: Looking for students
interested in the project. The students will participate in the eye
movement recording, analysis and the oculomotor plant metric
development. Please contact Dr. Komogortsev (ok11@txstate.edu) or
Dr. Denise Gobert (dg46@txstate.edu) if interested in
participation. |