Amrit shares what she’s learned on concussion management during her Vision Therapy and Rehabilitation residency at UC Berkeley Optometry. Concussion patients can have a whirlwind of visual signs and symptoms, so we narrow down the ones that are clinically relevant to primary care optometry!

Resources:

1. NORA: www.noravisionrehab.org

2. COVD: www.covd.org

3. NSUCO Oculomotor Testing: Maples WC, Atchley J, & Ficklin T. Northeastern state university college of optometry’s oculomotor norms. Journal of Behavioural Optometry 1992;3(6):143-150.

4. Lacroix Z, Leat SJ, & Christian LW. View of role of primary care optometrists in the assessment and management of patients with traumatic brain injuries in Canada. Canadian Journal of Optometry 2018;8(1):13-17.

5. Modern OD Article on When to Refer to Neuro-Optometrists: https://modernod.com/articles/2019-sept/when-to-refer-to-a-neuro-optometrist?c4src=article:infinite-scroll

6. CovalentCareers Article on Optometric Treatments for TBI: https://covalentcareers.com/resources/5-optometric-treatments-for-traumatic-brain-injury/

7. Papa L. Potential blood-based biomarkers for concussion. Sports Med Arthroc 2016;24(3):108-115.