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Trigeminal electrical stimulation with ULFTENS of the dorsal anterior mucosal surface of the tongue: Effects on Heart Rate Variability (HRV)

BACKGROUND: Trigeminal electrical stimulation of the dorsal anterior mucosal surface of the tongue has demonstrated its efficacy in a variety of neurological disorders in which anatomical or functional alterations are present. The pathogenesis of such disorders is often linked to altered arousal cir...

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Autores principales: Monaco, A., Cattaneo, R., Smurra, P., Di Nicolantonio, S., Cipriano, F., Pietropaoli, D., Ortu, E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Public Library of Science 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10171590/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37163499
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0285464
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author Monaco, A.
Cattaneo, R.
Smurra, P.
Di Nicolantonio, S.
Cipriano, F.
Pietropaoli, D.
Ortu, E.
author_facet Monaco, A.
Cattaneo, R.
Smurra, P.
Di Nicolantonio, S.
Cipriano, F.
Pietropaoli, D.
Ortu, E.
author_sort Monaco, A.
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description BACKGROUND: Trigeminal electrical stimulation of the dorsal anterior mucosal surface of the tongue has demonstrated its efficacy in a variety of neurological disorders in which anatomical or functional alterations are present. The pathogenesis of such disorders is often linked to altered arousal circuits, and the benefits of tongue stimulation are attributed to the rebalancing of this system. Dental ULFTENS shows efficacy in acting on the muscular, autonomic system and control of the descending pathways that modulate pain. It is administered at the skin level in the area anterior to the tragus and not on the mucosal surface of the tongue. The use of this stimulation technique at the tongue level could have new applications and clinical results if it were able to reduce the activity of arousal circuits. MATERIAL AND METHOD: A new intraoral device allowed electrical stimulation of the dorsal anterior mucosa of the tongue in 32 healthy young women. The effects on HRV were monitored by photoplethysmographic wave (PPG) and compared with a control group. The HRV parameters studied were RMSSD, HF, LF, LF/HF, REC, DET. RESULTS: The group of stimulated subjects showed a significant change in some of the HRV parameters that was maintained even in the epoch after the end of electrical stimulation. This effect can be considered as a vagal activation and a change of HRV trend. The control group of unstimulated subjects showed an opposite trend. There were no undesirable or annoying effects of stimulation. CONCLUSION: Stimulation of the dorsal anterior (trigeminal) mucosal surface of the tongue with ULFTENS applied with an intraoral device was shown to be able to increase HRV.
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spelling pubmed-101715902023-05-11 Trigeminal electrical stimulation with ULFTENS of the dorsal anterior mucosal surface of the tongue: Effects on Heart Rate Variability (HRV) Monaco, A. Cattaneo, R. Smurra, P. Di Nicolantonio, S. Cipriano, F. Pietropaoli, D. Ortu, E. PLoS One Research Article BACKGROUND: Trigeminal electrical stimulation of the dorsal anterior mucosal surface of the tongue has demonstrated its efficacy in a variety of neurological disorders in which anatomical or functional alterations are present. The pathogenesis of such disorders is often linked to altered arousal circuits, and the benefits of tongue stimulation are attributed to the rebalancing of this system. Dental ULFTENS shows efficacy in acting on the muscular, autonomic system and control of the descending pathways that modulate pain. It is administered at the skin level in the area anterior to the tragus and not on the mucosal surface of the tongue. The use of this stimulation technique at the tongue level could have new applications and clinical results if it were able to reduce the activity of arousal circuits. MATERIAL AND METHOD: A new intraoral device allowed electrical stimulation of the dorsal anterior mucosa of the tongue in 32 healthy young women. The effects on HRV were monitored by photoplethysmographic wave (PPG) and compared with a control group. The HRV parameters studied were RMSSD, HF, LF, LF/HF, REC, DET. RESULTS: The group of stimulated subjects showed a significant change in some of the HRV parameters that was maintained even in the epoch after the end of electrical stimulation. This effect can be considered as a vagal activation and a change of HRV trend. The control group of unstimulated subjects showed an opposite trend. There were no undesirable or annoying effects of stimulation. CONCLUSION: Stimulation of the dorsal anterior (trigeminal) mucosal surface of the tongue with ULFTENS applied with an intraoral device was shown to be able to increase HRV. Public Library of Science 2023-05-10 /pmc/articles/PMC10171590/ /pubmed/37163499 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0285464 Text en © 2023 Monaco et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Monaco, A.
Cattaneo, R.
Smurra, P.
Di Nicolantonio, S.
Cipriano, F.
Pietropaoli, D.
Ortu, E.
Trigeminal electrical stimulation with ULFTENS of the dorsal anterior mucosal surface of the tongue: Effects on Heart Rate Variability (HRV)
title Trigeminal electrical stimulation with ULFTENS of the dorsal anterior mucosal surface of the tongue: Effects on Heart Rate Variability (HRV)
title_full Trigeminal electrical stimulation with ULFTENS of the dorsal anterior mucosal surface of the tongue: Effects on Heart Rate Variability (HRV)
title_fullStr Trigeminal electrical stimulation with ULFTENS of the dorsal anterior mucosal surface of the tongue: Effects on Heart Rate Variability (HRV)
title_full_unstemmed Trigeminal electrical stimulation with ULFTENS of the dorsal anterior mucosal surface of the tongue: Effects on Heart Rate Variability (HRV)
title_short Trigeminal electrical stimulation with ULFTENS of the dorsal anterior mucosal surface of the tongue: Effects on Heart Rate Variability (HRV)
title_sort trigeminal electrical stimulation with ulftens of the dorsal anterior mucosal surface of the tongue: effects on heart rate variability (hrv)
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10171590/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37163499
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0285464
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