Effect of Auricular Vagus Stimulating in Non Specific Chronic Neck Pain

The Vagus Stimulation Group received auricular vagus stimulation for a total of 15 sessions of 25 minutes 5 days a week. The patients were applied with vagustim device consisting of TENS device with electrodes placed bilaterally in the outer ear with headphones that can be selected according to ear size. During the application, the gel was used to avoid causing any damage and to ensure conductivity. It is placed so that tragus and konkaya are facing. The pulse duration of the TENS device is less than 500 microseconds, the frequency is 10 Herzt, the module was applied in TENS mode and in the form of a biphasic asymmetric wave.

A total of 15 sessions 5 days a week, 20 minutes of hotpack, 20 minutes of TENS, 5 minutes of 1,3 watt/cm2 ultrasound consisting of a total of 25 minutes of treatment was applied to the neck area.