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Bone Conditions 

Investigational Bone Conditions that may benefit from HBOT:
  • Fractures
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Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) has been scientifically shown to increase collagen deposition, to promote angiogenesis and to stimulate osteoclast and osteoblast proliferation and activity. HBOT is an approved treatment for radiation damaged bone, crush injuries and certain bone infections by the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS.)

Basic Bone Physiology

The basics of bone physiology, are best explained using a construction analogy. Bone has rigidity and compressive qualities from the minerals within (eg, Calcium, Magnesium, etc.) It also has tension qualities and flexibility from proteins within (eg. collagen.) The construction analogy is concrete with iron rebar within. The concrete provides compression and rigidity while the rebar provides tension and flexibility. The mineral structure of bone is capable of change, and this change is dictated by two types of cells: Osteoclasts and Osteoblasts. The collagen within bone is produced by Fibroblasts. There is a balance between the need for vasculature and the need for bone strength within bone. Blood vessels do not directly contribute to the strength of bone but they are absolutely necessary to provide nutrients and oxygen and to remove waste products.

Recent evidence shows that hyperbaric oxygen therapy can counteract the negative effect of smoking on bone healing. Also, a 2016 study showed that HBOT and platelet rich plasma had a synergistic effect on on bone grafting.
...more soon

Scientific Resources
  • 2016 - Synergistic effects of HBO and PRP improve bone regeneration with autologous bone grafting.
  • 2015 - Influence of hyperbaric oxygen on the initial stages of bone healing.
  • 2014 - The effect of hyperbaric oxygen therapy on fracture healing in nicotinized rats.
  • 2013 - Hyperbaric oxygen stimulates vascularization and bone formation in rat calvarial defects
  • 2012 - Adjunctive hyperbaric oxygen therapy in the treatment of atrophic tibial nonunion with Ilizarov external fixator: a radiographic and scintigraphic study in rabbits.
  • 2010 - Hyperbaric oxygen-stimulated proliferation and growth of osteoblasts may be mediated through the FGF-2/MEK/ERK 1/2/NF-κB and PKC/JNK pathways.

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UHMS Approved Conditions

Air or Gas Embolism
CO, Cyanide Poisoning
Gas Gangrene

Crush Injury, Compartment Syndrome etc.
Decompression Sickness
Problem Wounds, CRAO
Severe Anemia
Intracranial Abscess
Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections
Refractory Osteomyelitis
Delayed Radiation Injury
Compromized Grafts and Flaps
Acute Thermal Burn
ISS Hearing Loss  (ISSHL)

Investigational Conditions

Lyme Disease
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Shingles / Herpes Zoster
Headache
Calciphylaxis

Stevens-Johnson Syndrome
Livedoid Vasculopathy
Venous Stasis Ulcer
Pressure Ulcer
Scleroderma, Raynauds
Multiple Sclerosis
Type 1 Diabetes
Psoriasis
Arthritis
Pyoderma Gangenosum
Stroke
TBI and PTSD in Vets
Epilepsy

Post Concussion Syndrome
Alzheimer's Disease
Autism

Crohn's, Colitis
Peripheral Artery Disease
Erythromelalgia
CRPS, RSD
Peripheral Neuropathy

Degenerative Disc Disease

Fibromyalgia
Cancer
 (General)
Fractures

Glaucoma
Macular Degeneration
Macular Edema
Periodontal Disease
Dental Implants
BRONJ
Type 2 Diabetes


...more conditions soon