Short-term transcutaneous non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation may reduce disease activity and pro-inflammatory cytokines in rheumatoid arthritis: results of a pilot study
Drewes A, Brock C, Rasmussen S, Møller H, Brock B, Deleuran B, Farmer A, Pfeiffer-Jensen M
Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology · 2021
Key finding
Four days of non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation reduced DAS28-CRP, CRP and interferon-gamma in RA patients with high disease activity in this open-label proof-of-concept study.
- Condition
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Stimulation
- taVNS
- Evidence tier
- Controlled Clinical Trial
- Participants
- 36
Cite this study
Drewes, A., Brock, C., Rasmussen, S., Møller, H., Brock, B., Deleuran, B., Farmer, A., & Pfeiffer-Jensen, M. (2021). Short-term transcutaneous non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation may reduce disease activity and pro-inflammatory cytokines in rheumatoid arthritis: results of a pilot study. Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology, 50(1), 20-27. https://doi.org/10.1080/03009742.2020.1764617
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