Effect and Safety of Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation on Recovery of Upper Limb Motor Function in Subacute Ischemic Stroke Patients: A Randomized Pilot Study

Table 1

Baseline characteristics.

Variable	taVNS groups	Sham-taVNS groups	value
	10	11
Age (y)			0.559
Gender, m/f	5/5	8/3	0.284
Duration of onset (d)			0.829
Hemiplegic side, r/l	6/4	8/3	0.537
Stroke location
MCA	9	9
ACA	0	0
PCA	0	0
MCA+ACA	1	2
SBP (mmHg)			0.572
DBP (mmHg)			0.691
HR			0.350
Intensity (mA)

Data expressed as . y: year; m: male; f: female; d: day; r: right; l: left; MCA: middle cerebral artery; ACA: anterior cerebral artery; PCA: posterior cerebral artery; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; HR: heart rate.