This study will evaluate the effects of non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation (nVNS) in adults with burn injuries. Burn patients may experience anxiety, poor sleep quality, pain, itching, and changes in autonomic nervous system function during recovery. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups. The intervention group will receive conventional physiotherapy plus nVNS, and the control group will receive conventional physiotherapy only. Both groups will receive treatment 5 days per week for a total of 10 sessions. nVNS will be applied through electrodes placed on the external ear for 20 minutes per session. Anxiety, sleep quality, pain, itching, and autonomic function will be assessed before and after the treatment period. Autonomic function will be evaluated using heart rate variability measurements. The results will help determine whether nVNS may be a useful supportive method in the rehabilitation of burn patients.
Age range
18 Years – 65 Years
Sex
ALL
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Change in Anxiety Level
Timeframe: Baseline and after completion of 10 treatment sessions, up to 2 weeks
Change in Sleep Quality
Timeframe: Baseline and after completion of 10 treatment sessions, up to 2 weeks
Change in Pain Intensity
Timeframe: Baseline and after completion of 10 treatment sessions, up to 2 weeks
Change in Pruritus Severity
Timeframe: Baseline and after completion of 10 treatment sessions, up to 2 weeks
Change in Root Mean Square of Successive Differences
Timeframe: Baseline and after completion of 10 treatment sessions, up to 2 weeks
Change in Standard Deviation of Normal-to-Normal Intervals
Timeframe: Baseline and after completion of 10 treatment sessions, up to 2 weeks
Change in Low-Frequency/High-Frequency Ratio
Timeframe: Baseline and after completion of 10 treatment sessions, up to 2 weeks