The effects of non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation on fatigue in participants with primary Sjogren's syndrome
Tarn J, Evans E, Traianos E, Collins A, Stylianou M, Parikh J, Bai Y, Guan Y, Frith J, Lendrem D, et al.
Neuromodulation · 2023
Key finding
Small double-blind RCT in Sjogren's syndrome found active non-invasive VNS improved several fatigue measures versus sham (fatigue in an autoimmune disease, not ME/CFS).
- Condition
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Stimulation
- tcVNS
- Evidence tier
- Randomised Controlled Trial
- Participants
- 40
Cite this study
Tarn, J., Evans, E., Traianos, E., Collins, A., Stylianou, M., Parikh, J., Bai, Y., Guan, Y., Frith, J., Lendrem, D., Macrae, V., McKinnon, I., Simon, B., Blake, J., Baker, M., Taylor, J., Watson, S., Gallagher, P., Blamire, A., … Ng, W. (2023). The effects of non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation on fatigue in participants with primary Sjogren's syndrome. Neuromodulation.
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