MBM and taVNS for Low Back Pain and Depressive Symptoms

Authors
Category Primary study
Registry of Trialsclinicaltrials.gov
Year 2026
This two-arm randomized controlled trial aims to test the preliminary effect of home-based mindfulness-based meditation and transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation on managing pain and depressive symptoms among community-dwelling older adults with chronic low back pain and depressive symptoms; and the effect of home-based mindfulness-based meditation and transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation on the host Brain-Gut Axis.
Epistemonikos ID: 1285d58de324fc6f01573a9288eb60954bd9175b
First added on: Feb 18, 2026