The role of hyperbaric oxygen in managing ankle sprain

Abstract EN

Objective: To confirm the efficacy of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in acute ankle sprain.

Methods: This study was conducted at Princess Haya Al-Hussein Hospital’s Hyperbaric chamber / Aqaba-Jordan, on 36 patients, treated in the Emergency Department.

They had been divided according to the type of treatment in to A, B and C.

Group A had been treated at one absolute atmospheric pressure (1 ATA), group B at 2 ATA, and group C at 2.5 ATA.

All groups received seven hyperbaric sessions, as outpatients in 5 consecutive days, twice a day for two days followed by once a day for the remaining three days, for a 90 minute- session.

Results: All patients with acute ankle sprain with no history of recurrent attacks, had been treated at 2.5 ATA (group C) were completely free of pain and of swelling by the end of the last session.

Conclusion: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is the best choice for the rapid recovery of acute ankle sprain.