Non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation for acute treatment of high-frequency and chronic migraine: an open-label study
Barbanti P, Grazzi L, Egeo G, Padovan AM, Liebler E, Bussone G
The Journal of Headache and Pain · 2015
Key finding
Across 131 self-treated attacks in high-frequency episodic and chronic migraine, cervical nVNS gave pain relief in 38% and pain freedom in 18% at 1 hour without serious adverse events.
- Condition
- Migraine
- Stimulation
- tcVNS
- Evidence tier
- Controlled Clinical Trial
- Participants
- 50
Cite this study
Barbanti, P., Grazzi, L., Egeo, G., Padovan, A. M., Liebler, E., & Bussone, G. (2015). Non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation for acute treatment of high-frequency and chronic migraine: an open-label study. The Journal of Headache and Pain, 16(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s10194-015-0542-4
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