Effect of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation on impaired glucose tolerance: a pilot randomized study
Huang F, Dong J, Kong J, Wang H, Meng H, Spaeth RB, Camhi S, Liao X, Li X, Zhai X, et al.
BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine · 2014
Key finding
100 participants completed the study and were included in data analysis.
- Condition
- Metabolic
- Stimulation
- taVNS
- Evidence tier
- Controlled Clinical Trial
- Participants
- 100
Cite this study
Huang, F., Dong, J., Kong, J., Wang, H., Meng, H., Spaeth, R. B., Camhi, S., Liao, X., Li, X., Zhai, X., Li, S., Zhu, B., & Rong, P. (2014). Effect of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation on impaired glucose tolerance: a pilot randomized study. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6882-14-203
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