Effect of Auricular Vagus Stimulating in Non Specific Chronic Neck Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT05527366
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
The aim of our study is to compare the efects of conventional treatment and vagus nerve stimulation on pain, normal joint movement, disability and sleep in non-specific chronic neck pain. 36 patients aged between 18 and 65 years with non-specific neck pain participated in our randomly planned study. All these patients were divided into 2 groups. Demographic and physical characteristics of the patients were recorded. The first group was treated with auricular vagus nerve stimulation. Conservatire treatment that consists of hotpack, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) and therapeutic ultrasound was applied to the second group. In addition to their treatment, some home exercises were given and tought. Pain was assessed with a visual analog scale (VAS). Muscle strength was evalvated with a digital hand dynamometer. Neck normal joınt motion was evaluated with goniometer clinometer which is a mobile phone application. While disability was mensured with the neck disability index, sleep quality was evalvated with the Pittsburg sleep questionnaire. All the measurements were recorded before the trearment and after the 15 session treatment.
Study details
- Official title
- The Effect of Auricular Vagus Stimulating on Pain, Disability and Sleep in Non Specific Chronic Neck Pain
- Conditions
- Neck Pain
- Vagus
- Autonomic Nervous System
- Interventions
- Other: Vagus stimulation
- Other: Consevative treatment
- Sponsor
- Okan University
- Start date
- 2022-10-03
- Primary completion
- 2022-12-27
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 65 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * 18-65 years old * people with non-specific neck pain Exclusion Criteria: * Who has neurological problems, * who has vision and hearing loss, * who has a tumor and infection in the cervical region, * who has undergone surgery related to the cervical region, * who has had a cervical streroid injection in the last 3 months
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05527366