Saccades: The 100 Millisecond Window into Brain Health

Presentation Summary:

This presentation explores how saccadic eye movements, often completed in just 100 milliseconds, provide a critical window into assessing brain function. Learn how to assess saccades as a rapid and accurate neurological evaluation to guide your rehabilitation

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Saccades, the rapid eye movements between fixation points, offer a 100 millisecond window into brain health, making them a powerful tool for neurological assessment. In this session, participants will learn to assess both reflex and voluntary saccades, exploring their unique characteristics such as latency, acceleration, velocity, deceleration, amplitude, and accuracy.

We will discuss how abnormalities in these saccadic parameters can reveal dysfunctions in various brain regions, from the brainstem to higher cortical areas. By incorporating saccade assessments into routine neurological evaluations, clinicians can achieve faster, more accurate diagnoses and develop targeted interventions to improve patient outcomes.

Learning Objectives:

Understand the importance of both reflex and voluntary saccades in brain health assessment.
Learn to evaluate saccades, focusing on characteristics such as latency, velocity, amplitude, and accuracy.
Identify how saccadic abnormalities signal dysfunctions in different brain regions.
Integrate saccade testing into routine neurological evaluations for quick and accurate assessments.
Use detailed saccadic performance data to guide targeted neurological interventions.

Durations:

Bootcamp (1 to 2 days), Masterclass (4 to 6 hours), Seminar (1 to 2 hours), Workshop (3 to 4 hours)

CEU Eligiblity:

Clinical Competency

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Dr. Matthew Antonucci

Doctor | Educator | Researcher

Dr. Antonucci is an experienced chiropractic neurologist, board certified in functional neurology and multiple sub-specialties, a researcher, and an international lecturer, currently seeing patients out of Minneapolis, MN. He trained extensively under Prof. Frederick R. Carrick, maintains an active private practice with licenses in multiple states, and has provided breakthrough neurorehabilitation and performance training to thousands of patients. He consults with several NFL and NHL franchises on performance training and concussion. His work has been featured on ESPN, Sports Illustrated, CBS, Fox News, and more. He has delivered more than 11,000 hours of presentations, both nationally and internationally, on behalf of the Carrick Institute. Most importantly, he is a loving husband and the father of five amazing boys, whom he hopes to inspire to follow in his footsteps.