[Hyperbaric oxygen treatment of musculoskeletal disorders on the sports medicine. State of the art].
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (OHB) is a therapeutic modality based on the properties of partial pressure of oxygen, when breathing pure oxygen under hyperbaric conditions in a chamber designed for that purpose. Its indications in medicine are considered as primary, complementary or experimental depending on the evidence based effects. From different sectors of medicine, OHB has been recently proposed as a new tool for other pathologies, primarily in musculoskeletal disorders. In this paper, the state of the art of the influence from experimental studies is reviewed. Some considerations based on these studies are hypothesized as the minimum required to obtain good results when this therapy is decided to be used as co adjuvant to standard treatment.
Drobnic
Franchek
F
Departamento de Fisiología del Deporte del CAR y Servicios Médicos del FCBarcelona, GIRSANE (Grup d' Investigació en el Rendiment i la Salut de l'Alt Nivell Esportiu), Barcelona, España. drobnic@car.edu
Turmo
Antonio
A
D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D013178:Sports Medicine