Cervical non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation (nVNS) for preventive and acute treatment of episodic and chronic migraine and migraine-associated sleep disturbance: a prospective observational cohort study
Kinfe TM, Pintea B, Muhammad S, Zaremba S, Roeske S, Simon BJ, Vatter H
The Journal of Headache and Pain · 2015
Key finding
In 20 treatment-refractory episodic and chronic migraine patients, 3 months of cervical nVNS reduced headache frequency, intensity and migraine-associated sleep disturbance and depressive symptoms.
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- Condition
- Migraine
- Stimulation
- tcVNS
- Evidence tier
- Observational / Cohort
- Participants
- 20
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Kinfe, T. M., Pintea, B., Muhammad, S., Zaremba, S., Roeske, S., Simon, B. J., & Vatter, H. (2015). Cervical non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation (nVNS) for preventive and acute treatment of episodic and chronic migraine and migraine-associated sleep disturbance: a prospective observational cohort study. The Journal of Headache and Pain, 16(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s10194-015-0582-9
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