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Effect of Transauricular Vagal Stimulation on Cardiac Function After Spinal Cord Injury
Sponsor: Gaziler Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Education and Research Hospital
Summary
The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of transauricular vagal nerve stimulation (taVNS) on cardiac autonomic functions in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI).
Official title: The Effect of Transauricular Vagal Nerve Stimulation (taVNS) on Cardiac Autonomic Functions in Patients With Spinal Cord Injury
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - 60 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
30
Start Date
2024-03-20
Completion Date
2025-09-30
Last Updated
2025-06-06
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Active Transauricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation
Active taVNS application was performed by stimulating a sterile acupuncture needle (0.25x25 mm) placed on the left ear cymba choncae with a stimulator. Active taVNS group received for 10 days, 30 minutes with a current intensity of 1 mA, pulse width of 200 µs, frequency of 25 Hz and biphasic sinusoidal waveform. In the sham group, stimulation was applied to the lobulus auriculae of the left ear (which is not innervated by the vagus nerve) using the same current intensity and duration as the active group.
Sham Transauricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation
Sham taVNS application was performed by stimulating a sterile acupuncture needle (0.25x25 mm) placed on the left lobulus auriculae of the left ear (which is not innervated by the vagus nerve) with a stimulator. Sham taVNS group received for 10 days, 30 minutes with a current intensity of 1 mA, pulse width of 200 µs, frequency of 25 Hz and biphasic sinusoidal waveform.
Locations (1)
SBÜ Gaziler Fizik Tedavi ve Rehabilitasyon Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi
Ankara, Turkey (Türkiye)