Treatment of chronic migraine with transcutaneous stimulation of the auricular branch of the vagal nerve (auricular t-VNS): a randomized, monocentric clinical trial
Straube A, Ellrich J, Eren O, Blum B, Ruscheweyh R
The Journal of Headache and Pain · 2015
Key finding
In chronic migraine, 4 hours/day of 1 Hz auricular taVNS reduced monthly headache days significantly more than a 25 Hz comparator over 3 months.
- Condition
- Migraine
- Stimulation
- taVNS
- Evidence tier
- Randomised Controlled Trial
- Participants
- 46
Cite this study
Straube, A., Ellrich, J., Eren, O., Blum, B., & Ruscheweyh, R. (2015). Treatment of chronic migraine with transcutaneous stimulation of the auricular branch of the vagal nerve (auricular t-VNS): a randomized, monocentric clinical trial. The Journal of Headache and Pain, 16(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s10194-015-0543-3
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