Hyperbaric oxygen therapy can improve post concussion syndrome years after mild traumatic brain injury - Randomized prospective trial

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Boussi Gross, Rahav ^a   Golan, Haim ^a,b   Fishlev, Gregori ^a   Bechor, Yair ^a   Volkov, Olga ^a,b   Bergan, Jacob ^a   Friedman, Mony ^a   Hoofien, Dan ^c,d   Shlamkovitch, Nathan ^a   Ben Jacob, Eshel ^a,b,e   Efrati, Shai ^a,b  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d National Institute for the Rehabilitation of the Brain Injured   (Israel)

^e RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STROOP TEST; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERBAL MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896691232     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079995     Document Type: Article

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