Module 327: Visual-Vestibular Integration: Optokinetics in Rehabilitation
By: Carrick Institute for Graduate Studies

Course Description

Visual-Vestibular Integration: Optokinetics in Rehabilitation Course Objectives​


-What are Optokinetic eye movements?
- Cortically Generated OKN
- Reflexive OKN
- What is Vection?
- Clinical applications: OKN bedside assessment
- Clinical applications: OKN VOG assessment
- OKN stimulation in the real world
- OKN stimulation in Sports Performance: Hockey Players.
- Small Field vs. Large Field OKN
- What is Optic Flow?
- Clinical Flow of visual-vestibular examination
- Clinical Assessment of the Cerebellum
- Visual-Vestibular Mismatch
- Proprioceptive System and Vestibular Integration
- The VOR and OKN
- Cerebellar Nodulus/Uvula and Cerebellar Flocculus/ ParaFlocculus
- Clinical Applications: Improving Driving
- Abilities in patients with VID
- Motorist Disorientation Syndrome
- Visually Induced Dizziness
- PPPD Clinical Applications: Neuro Rehabilitation,Metabolic Assessment, Oxidative Stress
- Chronic Subjective Dizziness: Maybe its Lyme or Mold?
- What to look for on VOG in patients with PPPD, VID and Chronic Dizziness
- VOG Clinical Applications: Challenges during VOG
- What is Dynamic SVV?
- SVV Rehabilitation Strategies.
- Post Concussion VID: Posturography Visual Motion Assessment

- Post Concussion VID: Torsional OKN challenge

- Optokinetics in Sports Related Concussion
- OKN after Nystagmus in Concussion
- OKN: What Areas of the Brain are activated?
- OKN: What areas of the brain are de-activated?
- The Cerebellum and Optokinetics
- The Basal Ganglia and Optokinetics
- The Frontal/Parietal Lobe and Optokinetics
- The Brainstem and Optokinetics
- The Limbic System and OKN
- The Otolithic System and OKN
- Autonomics and OKN
- Horizontal vs. Vertical OKN
- Fixation Suppression of OKN
- Stationary Anchoring Strategies in VID
- Gait Rehab and OKN
- E-Stim and OKN in Neglect
- Virtual Reality OKN Rehabilitation
- Low Tech Virtual Reality OKN Glasses
- High tech visual and vestibular technologies: holographic visual rehab, virtual reality, rotational devices.
- Low tech Neuro-Visual Therapies.
- Situational Vertigo Questionnaire and Subjetive assessments
- Documentation of Clinical Exam Findings in Functional Neurology
- OKN Rehab Strategies: stroke, TBI. Concussion, PPPD, VID.
- Normal Vs Abnormal OKN responses: clinical examples
- Clinical Case Studies: 6 different complex cases with outcomes and strategies.
- Practicals: 5 examination practicals and 5 neuro-rehab practical applications.
- Flow Charts and Diagrams of Assessment and Clinical Thought Process.


Course Details

  • Module 327: Visual-Vestibular Integration: Optokinetics in Rehabilitation
  • By:    Carrick Institute for Graduate Studies
  • Instructor:    Dr. Jeremy Schmoe
  • Total CE Hours:    15
  • Course Format:     Online Distance Learning
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  • Course Categories:     Chiropractic Assistants, DC Continuing Education
  • Course Subjects | CE HOURS:
    • Neurology  -15 CE Hours