Auricular Neuromodulation for Mass Vagus Nerve Stimulation: Insights From SOS COVID-19 a Multicentric, Randomized, Controlled, Double-Blind French Pilot Study
Rangon CM, Barruet R, Mazouni A, Le Cossec C, Thevenin S, Guillaume J, Léguillier T, Huysman F, Luis D
Frontiers in Physiology · 2021
Key finding
Results: The AN procedure was well-tolerated without any reported side effects but with no significant improvement for the measures of both primary (p > 0.3) and secondary (p > 0.05) endpoints at the interim analysis.
- Condition
- Long COVID
- Stimulation
- taVNS
- Evidence tier
- Randomised Controlled Trial
- Participants
- 31
Cite this study
Rangon, C. M., Barruet, R., Mazouni, A., Le Cossec, C., Thevenin, S., Guillaume, J., Léguillier, T., Huysman, F., & Luis, D. (2021). Auricular Neuromodulation for Mass Vagus Nerve Stimulation: Insights From SOS COVID-19 a Multicentric, Randomized, Controlled, Double-Blind French Pilot Study. Frontiers in Physiology, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2021.704599
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