Transcutaneous electrical stimulation at auricular acupoints innervated by auricular branch of vagus nerve pairing tone for tinnitus: Study protocol for a randomized controlled clinical trial

Trials

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Li, Tian Tian ^a   Wang, Zhao Jun ^a   Yang, Song Bai ^a   Zhu, Jun Hong ^a   Zhang, Shi Zhong ^a   Cai, San Jin ^a   Ma, Wen Han ^a   Zhang, Ding Qi ^a   Mei, Zhi Gang ^a  

^a CHINA THREE GORGES UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

auricular acupoints; auricular branch of vagus nerve (ABVN); randomized controlled trial; subjective tinnitus; tones

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AURICULAR BRANCH OF VAGUS NERVE; DISEASE ASSESSMENT; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TINNITUS; TINNITUS HANDICAP INVENTORY; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; VAGUS NERVE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ACUPUNCTURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AURICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEARING; INNERVATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TIME FACTOR; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHINA; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EAR AURICLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESEARCH DESIGN; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS; TINNITUS; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926324074     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-015-0630-4     Document Type: Article

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