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

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Conditions studied: Sympathetic; Imbalance

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07000175

Run by

Bahçeşehir University

People needed

39

Starts

2025-05-30

Expected to finish

2026-02-15

Last updated by the study team

2025-07-14

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 45. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 18 years of age or older
• To know how to read and write Turkish
• Not having any acute or chronic disease

You may not qualify if…

• Previous application of any neuromodulation method
• Smoking or alcohol use
• Use of any supplementary medication

Where it is running

• Avrasya University Physical Therapy Laboratory — Trabzon, Ortahisar, Turkey (Türkiye) (enrolling)

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