TRANSCUTANEOUS AURICULAR VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION (TAVNS): LONG-TERM EFFECT ON NEURODEVELOPMENT AND SENSORY PERFORMANCE
| dc.contributor.advisor | Patty Coker-Bolt | |
| dc.contributor.author | Turki kahild Aljuhani | |
| dc.date | 2001 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-06-01T20:57:46Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-06-01T20:57:46Z | |
| dc.degree.department | PhD in health and rehabilitation science | |
| dc.degree.grantor | Medical University of South Carolina | |
| dc.description.abstract | Infants who do not succeed at early feeding are likely discharged from the nursery with a gastrostomy tube (G-tube), putting them at risk for worse neurodevelopmental and sensory outcomes than infants who achieve full oral feeds. This study aims to investigate the impact of Non-invasive transcutaneous auricular vagal nerve stimulation (taVNS) on infants' early motor development and long-term neurodevelopmental sensory performance at 18 months. Besides the observed feeding improvement using taVNS paired with bottle-feeding, we explore if pre-treatment total STEP scores' is able to predict response to taVNS intervention. The pre-treatment total STEP scores did not contribute to the prediction model significantly. Then, we looked at the long-term effect of early taVNS treatment in both neurodevelopmental and sensory outcomes at 18 months follow-up. We found that infants who responded to early taVNS treatment when paired with bottle-feeding had better overall neurodevelopmental outcomes than non-responders. We also found that responders had significantly better typical scores in the general sensory section, and had more typical average mean scores in almost all the sensory profile sections than non-responders. These preliminary results are encouraging of the use of taVNS. Future studies can include randomization of active and control taVNS intervention with larger sample size. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://drepo.sdl.edu.sa/handle/20.500.14154/59141 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.title | TRANSCUTANEOUS AURICULAR VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION (TAVNS): LONG-TERM EFFECT ON NEURODEVELOPMENT AND SENSORY PERFORMANCE | |
| sdl.thesis.level | Doctoral | |
| sdl.thesis.source | SACM - United States of America |