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TENS Impact Heart Rate Via Vagus Activity

NCT03982472 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 32

Last updated 2019-06-14

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Summary

Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation (TENS) is widely used for the treatment of adhesive capsulitis, nevertheless, its potential impact on heart physiology has not been well established.

The investigator explored if TENS at shoulder region affect heart rhythm and the machinery involved.

Subjects were stratified into groups received sham stimulation (TENS-S) and TENS on either the right (TENS-R) or left (TENS-L) shoulder. A built-in waveform for treating adhesive capsulitis with a maximal tolerable intensity below the pain threshold was applied to subjects form a commercial TENS equipment for 5 min. The electrocardiogram (ECG) and heart rate (HR) were continuously recorded and the ECG was off-line transferred into power spectrum for analysis.

Conditions

  • Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation
  • Heart Rate

Interventions

OTHER

transcutaneous electric stimulation

transcutaneous current with an amplitude around ten to hundred milliampere was applied topically to subjects

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Taipei Medical University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Tzer-Bin Lin, PhD · Taipei Medical University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-07-22
Primary Completion
2018-07-21
Completion
2018-07-21

Countries

  • Taiwan

Study Locations

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