Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for post-concussion syndrome: contradictory conclusions from a study mischaracterized as sham-controlled.

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Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

1. Using the gross motor function measure evolution ratio to compare different dosage of hyperbaric treatment with conventional therapies in children with cerebral palsy - could it end the controversy?Frontiers in neurology · 2024
   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 for mild traumatic brain injury persistent postconcussion syndrome: a randomized controlled trial.Medical gas research
   Trial
4. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) for neurocognitive deficits following traumatic brain injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2025
   Article
5. Continued confusion in mild traumatic brain injury hyperbaric oxygen studies.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2024
   Article
6. Effect sizes for symptomatic and cognitive improvements in traumatic brain injury following hyperbaric oxygen therapy.Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) · 2021
   Article
7. Effect of hyperbaric oxygenation therapy on post-concussion syndrome.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2018
   Review
8. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy as a potential treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder associated with traumatic brain injury.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2016
   Review
9. Hyperbaric oxygen in chronic traumatic brain injury: oxygen, pressure, and gene therapy.Medical gas research · 2015
   Article
10. Treatments for traumatic brain injury with emphasis on transcranial near-infrared laser phototherapy.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2015
    Review
11. The National Brain Injury Rescue and Rehabilitation Study - a multicenter observational study of hyperbaric oxygen for mild traumatic brain injury with post-concussive symptoms.Medical gas research
    Observational
12. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for Alzheimer's dementia with positron emission tomography imaging: a case report.Medical gas research
    Article
13. Case control study: hyperbaric oxygen treatment of mild traumatic brain injury persistent post-concussion syndrome and post-traumatic stress disorder.Medical gas research
    Article
14. Is Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Effective for Traumatic Brain Injury? A Rapid Evidence Assessment of the Literature and Recommendations for the Field.The Journal of head trauma rehabilitation
    Review

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

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