NL-OMON44401
Completed
Not Applicable
The Effects of Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation on the Pupil Diameter, Heart Rate and Heart Rate Variability in Epilepsy Patients and Healthy Subjects. - Effects of tVNS on the autonomic nervous system
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Medisch Spectrum Twente
- Enrollment
- 65
Overview
Brief Summary
No summary available.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 to 64 (—)
Inclusion Criteria
- •General inclusion criteria:
- •\- Age \* 18
- •\- physically and cognitively capable of using the tVNS device and participating in the measurement.
- •\- able to read and understand Dutch. ;For the 40 epilepsy patients there are more inclusion criteria. The 40 patients are subdivided in a patient group with a vagus nerve stimulator and a patient group without a vagus nerve stimulator. ;For the epilepsy patients without a VNS there are more inclusion criteria in addition to the general inclusion criteria:
- •\- diagnosed with epilepsy
- •\- the patients has no implanted VNS system;For the epilepsy patients with a VNS inclusion criteria are also:
- •\- diagnosed with epilepsy
- •\- implanted with a VNS system
Exclusion Criteria
- •\- Severe cognitive impairment
- •\- History of cardiovascular disease
- •\- Presence of an eye disease
- •\- Eye surgery in the past
- •\- Implanted with a pacemaker
- •\- Diabetes
- •\- Use of beta blockers
- •\- Use of anticholinergic or psychostimulant medication.
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