Oxygen Straight to the Brain: An Overview of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for a Variety of Brain Morbidities
Curr Sports Med Rep. 2024 Apr 1;23(4):130-136. doi: 10.1249/JSR.0000000000001158.ABSTRACTHyperbaric oxygen therapy as a treatment for conditions like traumatic brain injury, posttraumatic stress disorder, and migraines would seem intuitive, given its effect on condition-related ischemia and inflammation. However, hyperbaric therapeutic impacts for these in acute and chronic, or prolonged symptoms are elusive. This narrative review of hyperbaric's utility provided in sections per disease renders first a review of conventional pathological mechanisms and then articulates hyperbaric treatment targets versus their respective i...
Source: Current Sports Medicine Reports - April 5, 2024 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Terrance Leighton Edgar VanHorne Dale Parsons Source Type: research
