Objective To investigate if there are differences between acupuncture and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) as treatment for pelvic girdle pain (PGP) in pregnancy in order to manage ...

Non-invasive cervical transcutaneous vagus nerve ... unit) for the ctVNS group while McIntire and colleagues used a mean intensity level of 20.55 (SD = 1.68 arb. unit) We thank L. McIntire (personal ...

Knee pain, which was assessed on a 0-to-10 numeric rating pain scale during a 20-m walk, was reduced by 1.27 immediately after and by 1.87 at 15 minutes after tVNS compared with baseline.

Many people with temporomandibular joint (TMJ) and muscle disorders (TMD) report pain in the jaw. However, these conditions can also cause neck pain. Temporomandibular joint and muscle disorders ...

Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation may provide pain relief among patients with knee osteoarthritis. HealthDay News — Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS ...

The method is called transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation, or tVNS. In the pilot study, 30 participants with knee osteoarthritis used the device for 60 minutes during one session.

This abnormal pain response is a common indicator of nerve damage. Muscles may begin to weaken or twitch uncontrollably due to faulty nerve signals. Dr. Geetha Lakshmipathy, a renowned Neurologist in ...

For the small-scale trial, researchers recruited 30 patients with knee pain and treated them with a transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS) device for an hour. The device rests on the ...

The Food and Drug Administration approved a vagus nerve stimulation device, which is similar to a pacemaker and implanted into a patient's neck, to treat epilepsy in 1997 and depression in 2005.

Pulsetto is a wearable device that uses vagus nerve stimulation to reduce stress and improve sleep. The device is non-invasive and works by sending electrical impulses to the vagus nerve ...