Researcher · Evidence Profile
Felipe Fregni
Felipe Fregni appears on 10 studies of vagus nerve stimulation catalogued in our evidence database, with a focus on Pain, Long COVID, Fibromyalgia.
10
Studies
8
Conditions
9
RCT / SR-MA
1
Stim. types
Conditions researched
Evidence-tier mix
Systematic review / meta-analysis3
Randomised controlled trial6
Non-randomised trial1
The studies
10 studies · strongest evidence firstPotential of Vagus Nerve Stimulation to Modulate Fibromyalgia's Network Physiology: A Systematic Review
Perin et al. · Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025
systematic reviewsFibromyalgiataVNSTranscutaneous vagus nerve stimulation effects on chronic pain: systematic review and meta-analysis
Costa et al. · Pain reports · 2024
systematic reviewsMigrainetaVNSSafety of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS): a systematic review and meta-analysis
Kim et al. · Scientific Reports · 2022 · n = 6,322
systematic reviewsSafetytaVNSThe effects of non-invasive transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation on resting-state delta oscillation: a randomized, double-blinded, sham-control trial
Camargo et al. · Scientific reports · 2025
RCTsPaintaVNSTransauricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation (taVNS) enhances Conditioned Pain Modulation (CPM) in healthy subjects: A randomized controlled trial
Pacheco-Barrios et al. · Brain Stimulation · 2024 · n = 44
RCTsPaintaVNSAge as an Effect Modifier of the Effects of Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation (taVNS) on Heart Rate Variability in Healthy Subjects
Gianlorenco et al. · Journal of Clinical Medicine · 2024 · n = 44
RCTsAgeingtaVNSEvidence of bottom-up homeostatic modulation induced taVNS during emotional and Go/No-Go tasks
Camargo et al. · Experimental brain research · 2024
RCTsChronic Fatigue SyndrometaVNSTranscutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation effects on inflammatory markers and clinical evolution of patients with COVID-19: a pilot randomized clinical trial
Uehara et al. · Expert review of medical devices · 2022
RCTsLong COVIDtaVNSTranscutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation Improves Inflammation but Does Not Interfere with Cardiac Modulation and Clinical Symptoms of Individuals with COVID-19: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Corrêa et al. · Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
RCTsLong COVIDtaVNSAcute Effect of Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Two Different Locations on Blood Pressure and Cardiac Autonomic Modulation in Healthy and Hypertensive Individuals: Pilot Study of a Randomized Crossover Clinical Trial
Leite Souza et al. · Physiotherapy Research International · 2026 · n = 28
controlled trialsHeart HealthtaVNS