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Old 08-01-2018, 09:01 PM #1
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Default HBOT study published in 2017 by Harch, et al, showing positive results

Has anyone else (namely Mark_In_Idaho) seen the HBOT (Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy) study by Harch and others published in Medical Gas Research 2017 Oct 17;7(3):156-174. doi: 10.4103/2045-9912.215745? It is titled "Case control study: hyperbaric oxygen treatment of mild traumatic brain injury persistent post-concussion syndrome and post-traumatic stress disorder". I'm new, so I can't post a link to it, but it'll be the first link that comes up if one googles the following (the study's title):

Case control study: hyperbaric oxygen treatment of mild traumatic brain injury persistent post-concussion syndrome and post-traumatic stress disorder

Just click the first link Google returns. Then, toward the top left of the page, click one of the two "Full text links" to get the full article.

The study provides what I perceive as very strong results supporting HBOT for mTBI / PCS. The study's outcome measures used objective neuropsyc testing before and after HBOT. SPECT imaging was also done before and after. In most cases, the final SPECT imagine was statistically indistinguishable from control subjects' imaging. This suggests SPECT imaging improvements correlate to real functional improvement when considered with neuropsyc testing. Also of importance are very positive results from subjective questionnaires before and after treatment.

Granted, the study was done on veterans who (a) had PTSD as well as TBI, and (b) TBIs resulted from blast injuries. However, one can't rule out the main mechanism for brain injury was being knocked down and hitting one's head from the blast instead of pressure from the blast. The study also applied HBOT -two- times a day whereas a typical protocol is for one time per day.

Thoughts???? (Hoping Mark_In_Idaho chimes in!)

(Apologies if this study has been discussed. I haven't found a thread it was discussed in.)
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The paper referred to is available here:

Case control study: hyperbaric oxygen treatment of mild traumatic brain injury persistent post-concussion syndrome and post-traumatic stress disorder
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Has anyone else (namely Mark_In_Idaho) seen the HBOT (Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy) study by Harch and others published in Medical Gas Research 2017 Oct 17;7(3):156-174. doi: 10.4103/2045-9912.215745? It is titled "Case control study: hyperbaric oxygen treatment of mild traumatic brain injury persistent post-concussion syndrome and post-traumatic stress disorder". I'm new, so I can't post a link to it, but it'll be the first link that comes up if one googles the following (the study's title):

Case control study: hyperbaric oxygen treatment of mild traumatic brain injury persistent post-concussion syndrome and post-traumatic stress disorder

Just click the first link Google returns. Then, toward the top left of the page, click one of the two "Full text links" to get the full article.

The study provides what I perceive as very strong results supporting HBOT for mTBI / PCS. The study's outcome measures used objective neuropsyc testing before and after HBOT. SPECT imaging was also done before and after. In most cases, the final SPECT imagine was statistically indistinguishable from control subjects' imaging. This suggests SPECT imaging improvements correlate to real functional improvement when considered with neuropsyc testing. Also of importance are very positive results from subjective questionnaires before and after treatment.

Granted, the study was done on veterans who (a) had PTSD as well as TBI, and (b) TBIs resulted from blast injuries. However, one can't rule out the main mechanism for brain injury was being knocked down and hitting one's head from the blast instead of pressure from the blast. The study also applied HBOT -two- times a day whereas a typical protocol is for one time per day.

Thoughts???? (Hoping Mark_In_Idaho chimes in!)

(Apologies if this study has been discussed. I haven't found a thread it was discussed in.)
I've done around 130 mHBOT dives now. It has definitely helped me but still not back to normal. The therapy is more effective the closer to the injury you begin it. Sadly many like me discovered it months afterward.
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