Noninvasive vagus nerve stimulation improves gait and reduces freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease
Mondal B, Choudhury S, Simon B, Baker MR, Kumar H
Movement Disorders · 2019
Key finding
Single-dose cervical nVNS improved gait and reduced freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease patients in an early open-label observation.
- Condition
- Parkinson's Disease
- Stimulation
- tcVNS
- Evidence tier
- Controlled Clinical Trial
- Participants
- 19
Cite this study
Mondal, B., Choudhury, S., Simon, B., Baker, M. R., & Kumar, H. (2019). Noninvasive vagus nerve stimulation improves gait and reduces freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease. Movement Disorders, 34(6), 917-918. https://doi.org/10.1002/mds.27662
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