Health Condition 1: M138- Other specified arthritis
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Transverse vagal nerve stimulation: Participants will be divided into two groups, Subjects in group “a ? will receive electrical stimulation in the external auricular nerve territory of
Sponsors
Nil
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Subjects of either gender above 60 years of age. 2. Subjects diagnosed to have chronic pain based on Diagnostic criteria for chronic pain-ACTTION, American Pain Society Pain taxonomy. 3. Subjects belonging to Grade II to Grade IV on Chronic pain Grade scale.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Subject with known cardiac diseases including disorder of conduction, arrhythmias, or ischemic heart disease. 2. Subjects with programmable devices like insulin pumps or pacemakers in situ. 3. Subject using implanted or nonimplanted hearing aids. 4. Subject suffering from Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo or other known vestibular disorder. 5. Subjects with a history of or diagnosis of cerebral vascular accident in the past. 6. Subject with peripheral neuropathies. 7. Subject who recently underwent middle or inner ear surgery (like Tympanoplasty) 8. Subject with a medial ear infection- Otitis media.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1)McGill Pain Questionnaire 2)Central sensitization inventory 3)SF-12 quality of life 4)Beck’s depression inventory 5)The Brief Pain Inventory 6)Visual Analog ScaleTimepoint: 2 weeks and 4 weeks | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| SF-12 quality of life Timepoint: 2weeks & 4 weeks | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactMr Shyam Krishnan k
Kasturba medical college, Mangalore, MAHE
Outcome results
None listed