<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is found among the interests of researchers who seek new methods of treatment of diseases of the nervous system. An increase of the partial pressure of oxygen in arterial blood within the appropriate range leads to numerous changes in the cells of the brain tissue. In this paper we analyse the results of selected articles describing HBOT used on pathologies of the nervous system such as stroke, autism, multiple sclerosis and cerebral palsy as well as in the course of research on animal models. The results are promising, although some studies struggled with numerous methodological problems and differences in the applied protocols, which resulted in conflicting results in individual interventions. In consequence, the need for further studies in randomised control trials and determination of the protocol by an international group of researchers dedicated to the use of HBOT was emphasised.</p></abstract>

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is found among the interests of researchers who seek new methods of treatment of diseases of the nervous system. An increase of the partial pressure of oxygen in arterial blood within the appropriate range leads to numerous changes in the cells of the brain tissue. In this paper we analyse the results of selected articles describing HBOT used on pathologies of the nervous system such as stroke, autism, multiple sclerosis and cerebral palsy as well as in the course of research on animal models. The results are promising, although some studies struggled with numerous methodological problems and differences in the applied protocols, which resulted in conflicting results in individual interventions. In consequence, the need for further studies in randomised control trials and determination of the protocol by an international group of researchers dedicated to the use of HBOT was emphasised.

The effect of hyperbaric oxygen therapy on the nervous system. Systematic review

Faculty of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Ergonomics, Department of Health Sciences, Nicolaus Copernicus Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Poland

Faculty and Clinic of Geriatrics, Department of Health Sciences, Nicolaus Copernicus Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Poland

Department and Institute of Food Chemistry University of Nicolaus Copernicus Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Poland

Maritime & Hyperbaric Medicine Department, Military Institute of Medicine in Gdynia, Poland

Polish Hyperbaric Research

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Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is found among the interests of researchers who seek new methods of treatment of diseases of the nervous system. An increase...

The effect of hyperbaric oxygen therapy on the nervous system. Systematic review

Data publikacji: 14 mar 2016

Zakres stron: -

Otrzymano: 19 paź 2015

Przyjęty: 12 lis 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/phr-2015-0020

Słowa kluczowe
cognitive functioning, hyperbaric chamber, brain, hyperbaric oxygen therapy

© 2015 Sławomir Kujawski et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The effect of hyperbaric oxygen therapy on the nervous system. Systematic review

Data publikacji: 14 mar 2016

Zakres stron: -

Otrzymano: 19 paź 2015

Przyjęty: 12 lis 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/phr-2015-0020

Słowa kluczowecognitive functioning, hyperbaric chamber, brain, hyperbaric oxygen therapy

© 2015 Sławomir Kujawski et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Słowa kluczowe
cognitive functioning, hyperbaric chamber, brain, hyperbaric oxygen therapy