[Clinical efficacy of auricular vagus nerve stimulation in the treatment of chronic and acute pain : A systematic review]
Likar R, Perruchoud C, Kampusch S, Köstenberger M, Sator S, Stremnitzer C, Wolf A, Neuwersch-Sommeregger S
Der Schmerz · 2024
Key finding
Twenty studies on chronic pain indications, ten studies on acute postoperative pain, as well as seven studies on experimental acute pain were identified and analyzed.
- Condition
- Migraine
- Stimulation
- tcVNS
- Evidence tier
- Systematic Review / Meta-Analysis
- Participants
- 1,105
Cite this study
Likar, R., Perruchoud, C., Kampusch, S., Köstenberger, M., Sator, S., Stremnitzer, C., Wolf, A., & Neuwersch-Sommeregger, S. (2024). [Clinical efficacy of auricular vagus nerve stimulation in the treatment of chronic and acute pain : A systematic review]. Der Schmerz, 38(4), 267-278. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00482-022-00686-2
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