Case Study Spinal cord 2011

Conservative treatment with hyperbaric oxygen therapy for cervical spondylotic amyotrophy.

Tofuku K, Koga H, Yone K, Komiya S — Spinal cord, 2011

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Summary

What Researchers Did

Researchers investigated the effects of conservative treatment with hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy in 10 patients with cervical spondylotic amyotrophy (CSA) who had not responded well to conventional rehabilitation.

What They Found

All 10 patients showed a "snake-eyes" appearance on MRI, and their mean symptom duration before HBO was 3.1 months. Manual muscle testing scores significantly improved from a mean of 1.9 pretreatment to 4.4 after HBO therapy, with all 10 patients achieving clinically satisfactory outcomes.

Canadian Relevance

This study has no direct Canadian connection as it was conducted in Japan.

Study Limitations

The primary limitation of this study is its small sample size of 10 patients and its design as a case series, which lacks a control group.

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Study Details

Study Type	Case Study
Category	Aging & Longevity
Source	Pubmed
PubMed ID	21243002
Year Published	2011
Journal	Spinal cord
MeSH Terms	Aged; Female; Humans; Hyperbaric Oxygenation; Male; Middle Aged; Motor Neuron Disease; Muscular Atrophy; Spinal Cord Compression; Spondylosis; Treatment Outcome

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