Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation with Concurrent Upper Limb Repetitive Task Practice for Poststroke Motor Recovery: A Pilot Study
Redgrave JN, Moore L, Oyekunle T, Ebrahim M, Falidas K, Snowdon N, Ali A, Majid A
Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases · 2018
Key finding
A pilot study found taVNS with concurrent upper-limb repetitive task practice feasible and well-attended after stroke, with mild fatigue the main side effect.
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- Condition
- Stroke Rehabilitation
- Stimulation
- taVNS
- Evidence tier
- Controlled Clinical Trial
- Participants
- 13
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Redgrave, J. N., Moore, L., Oyekunle, T., Ebrahim, M., Falidas, K., Snowdon, N., Ali, A., & Majid, A. (2018). Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation with Concurrent Upper Limb Repetitive Task Practice for Poststroke Motor Recovery: A Pilot Study. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, 27(7), 1998-2005. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2018.02.056
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