Remotely supervised at-home delivery of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation for autism spectrum disorder: feasibility and initial efficacy
Black B, Hunter S, Cottrell H, Dar R, Takahashi N, Ferguson BJ, Valter Y, Porges E, Datta A, Beversdorf DQ
Frontiers in Psychiatry · 2023
Key finding
Open-label home-based taVNS pilot in 11 autistic children/adolescents was feasible and tolerable, with preliminary uncontrolled improvements in anxiety and sleep.
- Condition
- Autism
- Stimulation
- taVNS
- Evidence tier
- Controlled Clinical Trial
- Participants
- 11
Cite this study
Black, B., Hunter, S., Cottrell, H., Dar, R., Takahashi, N., Ferguson, B. J., Valter, Y., Porges, E., Datta, A., & Beversdorf, D. Q. (2023). Remotely supervised at-home delivery of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation for autism spectrum disorder: feasibility and initial efficacy. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1238328
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