NCT07528742

Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Reaction Time

Enhancing Reaction Time Through Non-Invasive Vagus Nerve Stimulation

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Youngstown State University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Non-Invasive Vagus Nerve Stimulation will be provided to the participants using a transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) unit, a routine physical therapy intervention by the faculty researcher who is a licensed physical therapist. The electrodes will be clipped to ear over the vagus nerve distribution area. The parameters will be 30 Hz, 250 us, 5 minutes, at tolerance (no pain). Reaction time will test collected pre and post the stimulation using online reaction time testing platform.

Conditions

• Healthy Subjects (HS)

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	vagus nerve stimulation	Non-Invasive Vagus Nerve Stimulation will be provided to the participants using a transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) unit, a routine physical therapy intervention by the faculty researcher who is a licensed physical therapist. The electrodes will be clipped to ear over the vagus nerve distribution area. The parameters will be 30 Hz, 250 us, 5 minutes, at tolerance (no pain)

Timeline

• Start date: 2026-04-06
• Primary completion: 2027-04-05
• Completion: 2027-04-05
• First posted: 2026-04-14
• Last updated: 2026-04-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States

Regulatory

• FDA-regulated device study