Hyperbaric chamber team to study traumatic-brain-injury treatment

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A team with the San Antonio Military Medical Center Hyperbaric Center and the Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine received funding to study the effects of hyperbaric oxygen therapy on mild to moderate traumatic brain injuries.

Researchers hope to find additional ways to treat wounded warriors with traumatic brain injuries using the hyperbaric center, located at Wilford Hall Medical Center, or SAMMC-South, here.

Traumatic brain injury is common with head injuries caused by blows to the head, nearby explosions, concussion or penetrating wounds. These types of injuries have become relatively common in U.S. military forces who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Treatment of traumatic brain injury normally relies on traditional rehabilitative and retraining strategies or on the use of drugs to reduce symptoms, such as depression and anxiety.

The Air Force study will try to determine if hyperbaric oxygen therapy improves the cognitive function of individuals who have had traumatic brain injury. Cognitive function includes such things as thinking, remembering, recognition, concentration ability and perception.

Oxygen is a vital component in the body's healing process. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy uses a combination of increasing the atmospheric pressure and 100 percent oxygen to dissolve oxygen into the blood plasma and deliver it to body cells, tissues and fluids up to ten times the normal concentration. This reestablishes oxygen to body tissues that are compromised or have been receiving less than normal amounts of blood flow and promotes healing.

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