Comparison of Heart Rate Variability Measurement on the Arm and Chest in Vagus Nerve Stimulation

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-45
SponsorBahçeşehir University

About this trial

Healthy participants will be included in this study by invitation and randomised into three groups. Participants in each group will receive bilateral transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation with the same frequency, current transit time and current intensity. Heart rate variability will be measured over the chest in the first group, over the right arm in the second group and over the left arm in the third group. Then, the differences between the groups in heart rate variability parameters (time-dependent, frequency-dependent) will be compared. The aim of this study is to examine the differences between heart rate variability measurements measured at different sites.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

18 years of age or older

To know how to read and write Turkish

Not having any acute or chronic disease

Disqualifiers

Previous application of any neuromodulation method

Smoking or alcohol use

Use of any supplementary medication

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation

    Device

    Non-invasive transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation with special earphones placed in the ear will be applied to the participants for 20 minutes and a single session.

Treatment groups

39 Participants
are divided into 3 treatment groups
Group A: Measurement over the chestActive comparator 1 intervention
Group B: Measurement over the right armActive comparator 1 intervention
Group C: Measurement over the left armActive comparator 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Heart Rate Variability

Heart rate variability will be measured with a 5-minute short measurement method over the chest, right arm and left arm.

Time frame
Baseline and after 20 minutes of treatment

Secondary outcomes

Other outcomes

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