Hyperbaric Oxygen – Powerful Therapy for Stroke Recovery

This is an excellent review of recent research showing the incredible efficacy of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in treating stroke patients:   By Helen Albert, Senior medwireNews Reporter - News Medical.net Treatment with hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) can lead to significant neurologic improvements for stroke patients, show study results. The researchers found that HBOT produced noticeable improvements even as long as 3 years after the initial stroke event. Based on the theory that increasing a person’s level of dissolved oxygen using HBOT could activate neuroplasticity and improve stroke-induced neurologic deficiencies, Shai Efrati (Tel-Aviv University, Israel) and colleagues assessed the efficacy of 2 months of HBOT for 74 patients who had suffered an ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke 6-36 months previously. Following exclusion of 12 patients, for example because they had pulmonary conditions incompatible with HBOT, inner ear disease, or claustrophobia, 30 patients received 40 sessions (five per week) of HBOT over 2 months, while 32 patients in the control group had no therapy during the same period. Each treatment session lasted for 90 minutes and used 100% oxygen at 2 ATA. After the 2-month neurologic evaluation, involving 29 patients from the control group and 30 of those receiving HBOT, patients in the control group went on to receive 2 months of HBOT. All the patients receiving initial HBOT sustained significant neurologic improvements and had a better quality...
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