Conference paper
IMPROVEMENT OF SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENTS AFTER HEAD-EYE VESTIBULAR MOTION (HEVM) THERAPY AND NEURO-PSYCHIATRIC CONSIDERATIONS
Frederick R. Carrick
orcid.org/0000-0002-2818-6551
; Department of Neurology, Carrick Institute for Graduate Studies, Cape Canaveral, FL, USA ;Centre for Mental Health Research in association with University of Cambridge (CMHR-CU), Cambridge, UK ;Department of Neurology, University of Central Florida College of Medicine, Orlando, FL USA ;Department of Medical Education, MGH Institute for Health Professions, Boston, MA, USA
Ahmed Hankir
; Centre for Mental Health Research in association with University of Cambridge (CMHR-CU), Cambridge, UK, ;Department of Psychiatry, Carrick Institute for Graduate Studies, Cape Canaveral, FL, USA ;South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Rashid Zaman
; Centre for Mental Health Research in association with University of Cambridge (CMHR-CU), Cambridge, UK; ;Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, UK ;Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Matthew M. Antonucci
; Department of Neurology, Carrick Institute for Graduate Studies, Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
Guido Pagnacco
; Department of Bioengineering, Carrick Institute, Cape Canaveral, FL, USA ;Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA
Sergio Azzolino
; Department of Neurology, Carrick Institute for Graduate Studies, Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
Elena Oggero
; Department of Bioengineering, Carrick Institute, Cape Canaveral, FL, USA ;Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA
Abstract
Introduction: Eye movement pathology can assist in the identification, diagnosis and treatment of mental health disorders. Eyetracking
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 psychotic disorders. Saccadic eye movements serve as
an endophenotype for various mental health disorders.
Subjects and methods: Patients suffering from post-concussive syndrome and mental health concerns performed saccadic eye
movements that were quantified for amplitude, velocity, latency and accuracy before and after Head-Eye Vestibular Motion
therapy (HEVM).
Results: HEVM therapy is associated with statistical and substantive significant improvements in mental health and in
saccadic metrics.
Conclusions: Oculomotor dysfunction is related to the symptom dimensions of mental health disorders that may be treated with
physical rehabilitation modalities. We feel it reasonable to suggest that psychiatrists and others involved in the treatment of mental
health disorders quantify eye movements and use them as biomarkers in the evaluation of the outcomes of varied therapies.
Keywords
mental disorders; behavior outcomes; concussion; mild traumatic brain injury : psychiatry; saccades
Hrčak ID:
263325
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Publication date:
4.9.2019.
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