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Effect of Transauricular Vagal Stimulation on Cardiac Function After Spinal Cord Injury
Led by Gaziler Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Education and Research Hospital · Updated on 2025-06-06
30
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
79 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of transauricular vagal nerve stimulation (taVNS) on cardiac autonomic functions in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI).
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Effect of Transauricular Vagal Stimulation on Cardiac Function After Spinal Cord Injury
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Aged between 18-60
- Having a traumatic spinal cord injury
- Cervical spinal cord injury patients with a history of autonomic dysreflexia
- At least 6 months after the injury
- Signing an informed consent form showing consent to participate in the study
You will not qualify if you...
- Having a cardiac or neural pacemaker
- Presence of pregnancy
- Clinical coronary artery disease confirmed by invasive or coronary computed tomographic angiography
- History of acute coronary syndrome (unstable angina, myocardial infarction)
- Documented arrhythmia and/or use of antiarrhythmic drugs on ECG
- Diagnosis of hypertension and use of antihypertensive drugs
- Damaged skin lesion in the application area
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
SBÜ Gaziler Fizik Tedavi ve Rehabilitasyon Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi
Ankara, Turkey (Türkiye)
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Number of Arms
3
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