Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Can Improve Post Concussion Syndrome Years after Mild Traumatic Brain Injury - Randomized Prospective Trial

Rahav Boussi-Gross; Haim Golan; Gregori Fishlev; Yair Bechor; Olga Volkov; Jacob Bergan; Mony Friedman; Dan Hoofien; Nathan Shlamkovitch; Eshel Ben-Jacob; Shai Efrati

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0079995

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Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Can Improve Post Concussion Syndrome Years after Mild Traumatic Brain Injury - Randomized Prospective Trial

Rahav Boussi-Gross ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Rahav Boussi-Gross, Haim Golan

Affiliation The Institute of Hyperbaric Medicine, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel
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Haim Golan ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Rahav Boussi-Gross, Haim Golan

Affiliations Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel, Nuclear Medicine institute, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel
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Gregori Fishlev,

Affiliation The Institute of Hyperbaric Medicine, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel
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Yair Bechor,

Affiliation The Institute of Hyperbaric Medicine, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel
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Olga Volkov,

Affiliations Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel, Nuclear Medicine institute, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel
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Jacob Bergan,

Affiliation The Institute of Hyperbaric Medicine, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel
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Mony Friedman,

Affiliation The Institute of Hyperbaric Medicine, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel
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Dan Hoofien,

Affiliations Department of Psychology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel, The National Institute for the Rehabilitation of the Brain Injured, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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Nathan Shlamkovitch,

Affiliation Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Assaf-Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel
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Eshel Ben-Jacob ,

* E-mail: efratishai@013.net (SE); eshel@rice.edu (EB-J)

Affiliations Research and Development Unit, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel, The Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel, Center for Theoretical Biological Physics, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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Shai Efrati

* E-mail: efratishai@013.net (SE); eshel@rice.edu (EB-J)

Affiliations The Institute of Hyperbaric Medicine, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel, Research and Development Unit, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel, Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Can Improve Post Concussion Syndrome Years after Mild Traumatic Brain Injury - Randomized Prospective Trial

Rahav Boussi-Gross,
Haim Golan,
Gregori Fishlev,
Yair Bechor,
Olga Volkov,
Jacob Bergan,
Mony Friedman,
Dan Hoofien,
Nathan Shlamkovitch,
Eshel Ben-Jacob

Published: November 15, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0079995

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very interesting results - might improve the lives of many

Posted by Ziv on 24 Nov 2013 at 08:20 GMT

seems like an innovative approach that has low risk and potentially high value.

No competing interests declared.

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very interesting results - might improve the lives of many

Posted by Ziv on 24 Nov 2013 at 08:20 GMT