Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Reaction Time

Recruiting now · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Healthy Subjects (HS)

In brief

Non-Invasive Vagus Nerve Stimulation will be provided to the participants using a transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) unit, a routine physical therapy intervention by the faculty researcher who is a licensed physical therapist. The electrodes will be clipped to ear over the vagus nerve distribution area. The parameters will be 30 Hz, 250 us, 5 minutes, at tolerance (no pain). Reaction time will test collected pre and post the stimulation using online reaction time testing platform.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07528742

Run by

Youngstown State University

People needed

30

Starts

2026-04-06

Expected to finish

2027-04-05

Last updated by the study team

2026-04-14

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Healthy participants over the age of 18
• did not receive vagus nerve stimulation previously

You may not qualify if…

• alcohol or drug abuse
• metal in the skull
• implanted cardiac or cranial devices
• Women during 3 trimester of pregnancy

Where it is running

• Youngstown State University — Youngstown, Ohio, United States (enrolling)

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