Hyperbaric oxygen, mild traumatic brain injury, and study design: an elusive target.

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

1. Impact of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy on Cognitive Functions: a Systematic Review.Neuropsychology review · 2022
   Pooled it
2. Systematic Review and Dosage Analysis: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Efficacy in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Persistent Postconcussion Syndrome.Frontiers in neurology · 2022
   Pooled it
3. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy can improve post concussion syndrome years after mild traumatic brain injury - randomized prospective trial.PloS one · 2013
   Trial
4. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for mild traumatic brain injury persistent postconcussion syndrome: a randomized controlled trial.Medical gas research
   Trial
5. Effect of hyperbaric oxygenation therapy on post-concussion syndrome.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2018
   Review

Corrections and comments

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  The effect of hyperbaric oxygen on symptoms after mild traumatic brain injury.2012

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Funding

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Abstract

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