(WUSF) – University of South Florida associate professor Joseph Dituri survived a traumatic brain injury in 2021 – which gave him a passion to seek a cure for the condition. He is currently overseeing a hyperbaric oxygen therapy study at USF for military veterans who have suffered TBIs.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy refers to the intake of pure (100% or near) oxygen in a more pressurized environment. For Dituri’s study, participants lay in a hyperbaric chamber, or a clear acrylic cylinder similar to the size of an MRI machine.
This pressure lets oxygen “get to places better,” Dituri explained to the Catalyst. “What we are hoping for is that across the board hyperbaric oxygen will decrease neural inflammation.” CONTINUE