The Effect of Transauricular Electrical Vagal Nerve Stimulation on Temporal Summation of Pain in Patients With Back Pain

Category Primary study
Registry of Trialsclinicaltrials.gov
Year 2019
The effect of transauricular electrical vagal nerve stimulation (taVNS) will be studied on temporal summation of heat pain (TSP) in 30 patients with chronic low-back pain and in 30 heathy volunteers. Participants will receive either taVNS or sham stimulation before and during TSP induction in a randomized crossover manner. The participants will be unaware regarding the type of intervention.
Epistemonikos ID: a7e1ac77e611b766926fb765af9f83286bcea8aa
First added on: May 07, 2024