Clinical Research Progress of the Post-Stroke Upper Limb Motor Function Improvement via Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation

Xiaolong Shi; Jingjun Zhao; Shutian Xu; Meng Ren; Yuwei Wu; Xixi Chen; Zhiqing Zhou; Songmei Chen; Yu Huang; Yuanli Li; Chunlei Shan

doi:10.1155/2023/9532713

Clinical Research Progress of the Post-Stroke Upper Limb Motor Function Improvement via Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation

Neural Plast. 2023 Sep 25:2023:9532713. doi: 10.1155/2023/9532713. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Xiaolong Shi^{1

2

3}, Jingjun Zhao³, Shutian Xu^{3

4}, Meng Ren^{2

3}, Yuwei Wu⁵, Xixi Chen^{2

3}, Zhiqing Zhou^{2

3}, Songmei Chen⁶, Yu Huang^{2

3}, Yuanli Li^{3

4}, Chunlei Shan^{1

2

4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Tong Ren Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 200336, Shanghai, China.
² Institute of Rehabilitation, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, 200025, Shanghai, China.
³ School of Rehabilitation Science, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 201203, Shanghai, China.
⁴ Engineering Research Center of Traditional Chinese Medicine Intelligent Rehabilitation, Ministry of Education, 201203, Shanghai, China.
⁵ Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 200437, Shanghai, China.
⁶ Shanghai No.3 Rehabilitation Hospital, 200436, Shanghai, China.

Abstract

Stroke is a disease with high morbidity and disability, and motor impairment is a common sequela of stroke. Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) is a type of non-invasive stimulation, which can effectively improve post-stroke motor dysfunction. This review discusses stimulation parameters, intervention timing, and the development of innovative devices for taVNS. We further summarize the application of taVNS in improving post-stroke upper limb motor function to further promote the clinical research and application of taVNS in the rehabilitation of post-stroke upper limb motor dysfunction.

Publication types

Review
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Humans
Stroke* / complications
Stroke* / therapy
Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation*
Upper Extremity
Vagus Nerve
Vagus Nerve Stimulation*