ReviewPain reports2024
Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation effects on chronic pain: systematic review and meta-analysis.
Review in Pain reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06912399 (Effect of Transauricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation on Postoperative Pain Management in Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery), which is not on this map. Cited by 26 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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Effect of Transauricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation on Postoperative Pain Management in Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery: a Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial
Who cites it
26 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effects of traditional Chinese medicine nursing techniques combined with music-based interventions on sleep in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- The stress-fascia-pain axis in myofascial pain syndrome: a mechanistic integrative review and conceptual synthesis.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2026Pooled it
- Transcutaneous Auricular Neurostimulation Modulates Pain Perception in Survivors of Stroke With Chronic Upper-Extremity Pain: A Randomized, Sham-Controlled Pilot Study.Neuromodulation : journal of the International Neuromodulation Society · 2026Trial
- Rs-fMRI reveals that taVNS improves cognitive and emotional function in mild cognitive impairment by reconfiguration of "sensory relay-salience-default" cross-network effective connectivity: a randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled trial.Frontiers in neurology · 2026Trial
- The effects of non-invasive transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation on resting-state delta oscillation: a randomized, double-blinded, sham-control trial.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Neuromodulation strategies in postburn care for pain rehabilitation and scar remodelling.Communications medicine · 2026Review
- Participant-centered tolerability of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation: insights from two crossover studies.Bioelectronic medicine · 2026Article
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- Surgical Trauma Gradient as an Independent Predictor of Postoperative Pain, Functional Recovery, and Complication Risk After Spine Surgery: A 2 × 2 Invasiveness Model with Psychosocial Interaction.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- A Review of Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Disease: Comprehensive Theory and Evidence for Mechanisms of Action.Comprehensive physiology · 2026Review
- Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation for postoperative pain: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2026Article
- Prevalence of Type-D Personality and Its Association with Pain, Disability, and Psychological Distress in a University Spine Outpatient Clinic: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- No significant modulation of pressure pain sensitivity and cardioception after transauricular vagal nerve stimulation.Pain reports · 2026Article
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- Obesity-driven low-grade chronic inflammation as a mechanistic bridge to chronic pain: from adipose tissue remodeling to central sensitization.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation in breast cancer: a neuroimmune model to improve quality of life.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- The role of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation in chronic pain: from neurobiological mechanisms to clinical applications.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Cholinergic regulation of neuroinflammation: linking microglia, immunometabolism, and neuromodulation.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Effect of percutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation on postoperative recovery quality in patients undergoing gynecologic laparoscopic surgery.American journal of translational research · 2026Article
- Electromagnetic neuromodulation for chronic pain: historical context, contemporary modalities, and evidence gaps.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2026Review
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Authors and funding
10 authors.
Funding
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Abstract
Chronic pain is one of the major causes of disability with a tremendous impact on an individual's quality of life and on public health. Transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS) is a safe therapeutic for this condition. We aimed to evaluate its effects in adults with chronic pain. A comprehensive search was performed, including randomized controlled trials published until October 2023, which assessed the effects of noninvasive tVNS. Cohen's
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