Healthy Subjects (HS)
Conditions
Brief summary
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.
Interventions
DEVICEvagus nerve stimulation
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)
Sponsors
Youngstown State University
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Healthy participants over the age of 18 * did not receive vagus nerve stimulation previously
Exclusion criteria
* alcohol or drug abuse * metal in the skull * implanted cardiac or cranial devices * Women during 3 trimester of pregnancy
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Reaction time | Baseline and immediately after the intervention. | Reaction time will test collected pre and post the stimulation using online platform. The subjects will press a key when setting a color change in the computer screen. |
Countries
United States
Contacts
CONTACTWeiqing Ge Ge, DPT, PhD
Outcome results
None listed