Case Report: Acute hydrotherapy with super-saturated hydrogen-rich water for ankle sprain in a professional athlete.
Dejan Javorac, Valdemar Stajer, Sergej Ostojic · F1000Research · 2020
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In The traditional treatment of soft tissue injuries consists of the RICE protocol – rest, ice, compression, and elevation, followed for up to 72 hours after a trauma, the authors' case has indicated that an acute multi-session hydrotherapy with hydrogen-rich water might be a helpful treatment in terms of pain, swelling reduction and regaining range of motion after an ankle sprain. These findings add human evidence supporting molecular hydrogen's therapeutic potential across the specific human outcomes evaluated in this study.
What the Findings Mean
H2HUBB reviewed how hydrogen-rich water affected the outcomes measured in The traditional treatment of soft tissue injuries consists of the RICE protocol – rest, ice, compression, and elevation, followed for up to 72 hours after a trauma. The authors' case has indicated that an acute multi-session hydrotherapy with hydrogen-rich water might be a helpful treatment in terms of pain, swelling reduction and regaining range of motion after an ankle sprain.
What the Researchers Studied
The researchers studied The traditional treatment of soft tissue injuries consists of the RICE protocol – rest, ice, compression, and elevation, followed for up to 72 hours after a trauma.
What Effects Did Molecular Hydrogen Have?
The authors' case has indicated that an acute multi-session hydrotherapy with hydrogen-rich water might be a helpful treatment in terms of pain, swelling reduction and regaining range of motion after an ankle sprain. Second, only limited compendium of clinician- and patient-reported outcomes were analyzed, while no biomarkers of tissue injury or inflammation were employed, and a possible mechanism of hydrogen action remains unknown.
Why These Findings Matter
These findings add human evidence supporting molecular hydrogen's therapeutic potential across the specific human outcomes evaluated in this study and contribute to the growing body of molecular-hydrogen research.
How Strong Is This Evidence?
This is human clinical evidence from a case report. H2HUBB interprets the findings in the context of the study design, sample, comparator, and measured outcomes rather than using one publication as a verdict on hydrogen therapy.
Technical Study Details
H2HUBB classifies this publication as case report with human clinical evidence. The research population or model was The traditional treatment of soft tissue injuries consists of the RICE protocol – rest, ice, compression, and elevation, followed for up to 72 hours after a trauma. The hydrogen delivery method was hydrogen-rich water.
Limitations and Safety
No separate limitations or safety findings were identified in the current-study source text available to H2HUBB.
Original Study and H2HUBB Research Context
H2HUBB presents this source-grounded research record as one contribution to the broader molecular-hydrogen evidence base.