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Effect of Transauricular Vagal Stimulation on Cardiac Function After Spinal Cord Injury

NCT07007884 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2025-06-06

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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).

Conditions

  • Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)

Interventions

DEVICE

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.

DEVICE

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.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Gaziler Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Education and Research Hospital

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-03-20
Primary Completion
2025-07-16
Completion
2025-09-30

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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