Hypothesis: That SPECT brain imaging tracks and is consistent with clinical improvements in patients receiving hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) for chronic traumatic brain injury.
The study is a retrospective chart review of patients with chronic neurological, emotional, social, and cognitive deficits from mild, moderate, or severe traumatic brain injury who underwent SPECT brain imaging as part of their evaluation and treatment with hyperbaric oxygen therapy in my practice over the last two decades. The purpose of the study is to see if the functional imaging is consistent with the clinical and cognitive testing.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
45
Total body exposure to increased atmospheric pressure oxygen
Family Physicians Center
Marrero, Louisiana, United States
RECRUITINGSPECT brain imaging
Only for those subjects in which SPECT brain imaging was performed before hyperbaric oxygen therapy
Time frame: After completion of HBOT
Clinical history and physical exam
Time frame: After completion of HBOT
Cognitive testing
Only for those subjects in which neuropsychological cognitive testing was performed before hyperbaric oxygen therapy
Time frame: After the final HBOT
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