Neurogastroenterology and motility : the official journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society
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Neurogastroenterol. Motil. · Feb 2019
Randomized Controlled TrialTranscutaneous electrical acustimulation synchronized with inspiration improves gastric accommodation impaired by cold stress in healthy subjects.
The aim of this study was to investigate whether transcutaneous electrical acustimulation (TEA) synchronized with inspiration (STEA), a method known to enhance vagal activity, was more effective than TEA in improving cold stress-induced impairment in gastric accommodation (GA) and dyspeptic symptoms in healthy subjects. ⋯ TEA synchronized with inspiration is more potent than TEA in improving cold stress-induced impairment in GA and GSW and dyspeptic symptoms and might be a novel noninvasive therapy for treating stress-induced dysmotility and dyspeptic symptoms.