Hyperbaric oxygen in children with cerebral palsy: A systematic review of effectiveness and safety.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To report current evidence regarding the effectiveness of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) on the impairments presented by children with cerebral palsy (CP), and its safety.

Materials and methods

PUBMED, The Cochrane Library, Google Scholar, and the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society database were searched by two reviewers. Methodological quality was graded independently by 2 reviewers using the Physiotherapy Evidence Database assessment scale for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and the modified Downs and Black (m-DB) evaluation tool for non RCTs. A meta-analysis was performed where applicable for RCTs.

Results

Five RCTs were identified. Four had a high level of evidence. Seven other studies were observational studies of low quality. All RCTs used 100

SUBMITTER: Laureau J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9565562 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature