Published Studies

Matthew Antonucci1, 2*, Chris M. Sass1, 2 and Brian J. Sass1, 2 1 Plasticity Brain Centers, United States 2 Carrick Institute for Graduate Studies, United States Background: An 18 year old, high school, male hockey player, with a history of 7 documented concussions, presented with symptoms of headache, “brain fog”, and sluggishness. Graded Symptom Checklist (GSC) severity was a 14/138. […]
Matthew Antonucci1, 2*, Chris M. Sass1, 2 and Brian J. Sass1, 2 1 Plasticity Brain Centers, United States 2 Carrick Institute for Graduate Studies, United States Background: A 71-year-old male presented with a gradual decline in ability “to think, reason, do work, and remember names of people”. He had also noticed a heightened sense of emotionality, cognitive decline, headaches, and […]
Matthew Antonucci1, 2*, Chris M. Sass1, 2 and Brian J. Sass1, 2 1 Plasticity Brain Centers, United States 2 Carrick Institute for Graduate Studies, United States Background: A 7-year-old male presented with severe complaints of anxiety, nausea, blurred vision, fatigue, headache, head pressure, light and sound sensitivity, temperature sensitivity and tinnitus. His history consisted of a brain injury as a […]
Matthew Antonucci1, 2*, Chris M. Sass1, 2 and Brian J. Sass1, 2 1 Plasticity Brain Centers, United States 2 Carrick Institute for Graduate Studies, United States Background: A 30 year-old, active, male professional basketball player in “good health” was experiencing slowness, lower extremity posterior compartment tightness, decreased balance, mild sadness, anxiety, irritability, trouble sleeping, fogginess, and “feeling off”. He exhibited […]
Matthew Antonucci1, 2*, Chris M. Sass1, 2 and Brian J. Sass1, 2 1 Plasticity Brain Centers, United States 2 Carrick Institute for Graduate Studies, United States Background: A 39-year-old female was referred by her chiropractor and presented with a history of a 10-year gradual onset of weight gain, fatigue, “severe” pain, irritability, nausea, and bowel irritability. Graded Symptom Checklist (GSC) […]
Matthew Antonucci1, 2*, Chris M. Sass1, 2* and Brian J. Sass1, 2 1 Plasticity Brain Centers, United States 2 Carrick Institute for Graduate Studies, United States Background: A 30 year-old, active, male professional basketball player in “good health” was experiencing slowness, lower extremity posterior compartment tightness, decreased balance, mild sadness, anxiety, irritability, trouble sleeping, fogginess, and “feeling off”. He exhibited […]
Matthew Antonucci1, 2*, Chris M. Sass1, 2 and Brian J. Sass1, 2 1 Plasticity Brain Centers, United States 2 Carrick Institute for Graduate Studies, United States Background: An 18 year old, high school, male hockey player, with a history of 7 documented concussions, presented with symptoms of headache, “brain fog”, and sluggishness. Graded Symptom Checklist (GSC) severity was a 14/138. […]
Matthew Antonucci1, 2*, Chris M. Sass1, 2* and Brian J. Sass1, 2 1 Plasticity Brain Centers, United States 2 Carrick Institute for Graduate Studies, United States Background: A 20-year-old male professional hockey player presented with headache, neck pain fogginess, fatigue, instability, and decreased performance in his sport. No reports of vertigo or lightheadedness. Upon examination the patient had aberrant biomechanics […]
Matthew Antonucci1, 2*, Chris M. Sass1, 2 and Brian J. Sass1, 2 1 Plasticity Brain Centers, United States 2 Carrick Institute for Graduate Studies, United States Background: A 42 year old, male, retired professional football player, with a history of “getting his bell rung many times, and thinking nothing of it”, presented with difficulty of speech, impaired short and long […]
Frederick R. Carrick1, 2* and Matthew Antonucci1, 3 1 Carrick Institute, Neurology, United States 2 Harvard Macy-MGH Inst for Health Professions, Medical Education, United States 3 Plasticity Brain Centers, Clinical Neuroscience, United States History: A 35 year old male was seen on our service with complaints of dizziness, unsteady gait and nausea that was brought on by movement, especially getting […]

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