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"Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for children with Cerebral Palsy."
Cronje, F.
SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL JOURNAL, 1999, 89(4): 359-60. Letter.
Subjective and objective clinical improvements have been reported anecdotal in almost all children treated with Hyperbaric oxygen throughout the world, including South Africa, with no adverse effects. Possible mechanisms by which Hyperbaric oxygen therapy may benefit these children include:
- Normalization of glucose metabolism by injured brain cells - positive effects continue even after the oxygen exposure has ceased.
- Hyperbaric oxygen has a dramatic effect on reducing tissue swelling and is used in the treatment of crush and traumatic injuries for that reason.
- The improvement in motor function and decrease in Spasticity in chronic brain injury and CP seems to be related to a "recanvassing" of idling neurons in the affected area of the brain - neurons that survived the original hypoxia or trauma but have not resumed their former electrical activity due to com-promised blood supply and oxygen delivery.
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