HBOT Improves Stroke Residuals Even Months Later

HBOT Improves Stroke Residuals Even Months Later

35 stroke victims with carotid and intracranial artery blockages were treated with HBOT. Treatment began with an average delay of 10 weeks after the strokes.

15 of the 35 improved, both clinically and on EEG.

Holbach K.H., Wassmann H., Hoheluchter K.L., and Jain K.K. Differentiation between reversible and irreversible poststroke changes in brain tissue. Surg Neurol 7:325, 1977

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It has been shown that HBO increases production of stem cells in the injured brain by as much as 8-fold. This would explain why continued benefit is seen.

Research Report Shows that Hyperbaric Oxygen Benefits Stroke Victims

Published data were analyzed from clinical studies reporting on treatment of stroke patients from 11 different hyperbaric centers (a total of 265 patients). The cumulative amount of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (D_HBOT) was calculated using the product of chamber oxygen pressure (ATA), times the duration of each HBOT (hours), times the total number of hyperbaric treatments. Efficacy of HBOT (Ef_HBOT) was computed from the number of patients in each study who showed significant clinical improvement of their neurologic status as a result of HBOT (percentage of the total number of patients who improved). The level of Ef_HBOT was compared with the corresponding value of D_HBOT indicating that benefit correlates directly with D_HBOT. From the plot below, it can be seen that average improvement increased with each treatment and that 30 one-hour HBOT treatments would correlate with optimum benefit.

Click on the reference below to read the National Library of Medicine, NIH, MEDLINE reference

Rogatsky GG, Shifrin EG, Mayevsky A. Optimal dosing as a necessary condition for the efficacy of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in acute ischemic stroke: a critical review. Neurol Res. 2003 Jan;25(1):95-8

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HBOT Improved Stroke Residuals Years After the Attack

79 patients were treated with HBOT from 5 months to 10 years post stroke.

65% of those patients reported improvement in their quality of life, despite the long delay before treatment.

Neubauer R.A. and End E. Hyperbaric oxygenation as an adjunct therapy in strokes due to thrombosis. Stroke 11:297-300, 1980

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HBOT Relieves Muscle Spasticity After Stroke

HBOT brings permanent reduction of spasticity in stroke victims.

Jain K.K. Effect of hyperbaric oxygenation on spasticity in stroke patients. J Hyper Med 4: 55-61, 1989

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Two Case Reports:

Remarkable Improvement in Stroke Patients Following HBOT:

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A 66-year old man was totally incapacitated following a stroke. He required full-time nursing care.

After HBOT he could once again feed himself, he regained bladder and bowel control, and he his mobility improved. SPECT (positron emission computerized tomography) brain scans showed improved function in damaged areas.

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A 60 year-old woman suffered a stroke 13 years prior to HBOT. She was partially paralyzed on one side with speech and drooling problems.

Following HBOT her speech was much better, she no longer drooled and her strength and mobility improved. SPECT (positron emission computerized tomography) brain scans showed improved function in damaged areas.

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Neubauer RA, Walker M. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy. Avery (Penguin_Putnam) Publishers, NYC 1998. p 20-22.
Neubauer R.A., Kagan R.L., Gottlieb S.F., and James P.B. Letter. Lancet, 3 March 1990.
Neubauer R.A., Gottlieb S.F., and Kagan R.L. Enhancing "idling" neurons. Lancet 335:542, 1990.

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