The Effects of Combined Respiratory-Gated Auricular Vagal Afferent Nerve Stimulation and Mindfulness Meditation for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Pilot Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Respiratory-gated Auricular Vagal Afferent Nerve stimulation (RAVANS) is a safe nonpharmacological approach to managing chronic pain. The purpose of the current study was to examine (1) the feasibility and acceptability of RAVANS, combined with mindful meditation (MM) for chronic low back pain (CLBP), (2) the potential synergy of MM+RAVANS on improving pain, and (3) possible moderators of the influence of MM+RAVANS on pain.

Design

Pilot feasibility and acceptability study.

Setting

Pain management center at large academic medical center.

Subjects

Nineteen adults with CLBP and previous MM training.

Methods

Participants attended two sessions during which they completed quantitative sensory testing (QST), rated pain severity, and completed a MM+sti

SUBMITTER: Meints SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9434172 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature