Effect of Auricular Vagus Stimulating in Non Specific Chronic Neck Pain

Primary outcomes

1. Pain Severity

   Time frame: 3-week change in pain intensity

   Pain severity Within the scope of this study, a Visual Analog Scale was applied, with both ends marked between 0 and 10, 100 mm long and marked every 10 mm; the patient was marked according to his own pain level, scored between 0-10. Deciphered. Deciphered. The Visual Analogue Scale was applied. 0 was rated as "no pain" and 10 as "unbearable level of pain"

2. Muscle strength Measurement

   Time frame: 3-week change in muscle strength

   Muscle strength was measured with La Fayette brand digital hand dynamometer. Flexion, extension, right and left lateral flexion of the neck were measured with the device. The patients were fixed to the stretcher with T3 and spina iliac superior ventro tapes. Each movement measurement was repeated 3 times at December intervals of 15 seconds

3. Joint Range of Motion Measurement

   Time frame: 3-week change in Range of motion

   Neck region flexion, extension, right and left lateral flexion joint range of motion was evaluated by climatometer. The tests were performed in a back-supported chair. While the phone application called Goniometer was open, the evaluation was performed by placing it in a vertical position in front of the ear for flexion and extension measurements, and by placing the measurement line on the side that was not measured so as not to prevent movement in lateral flexion measurements, so that the measurement line was flush with the eyes. Rotation movements were measured by placing the phone on the person's head to follow the nose alignment. The ROM value was taken as the average of the 3 active movement spans made by the individuals after the movement made passively once by the physiotherapist.

4. Assessment of dysability

   Time frame: 3-week change in dysability

   The level of chronic neck pain affecting daily life activities was assessed by the Neck Disability Index (NDI). The validity of this index in Turkish was made by Telci et al. Neck Disability Index consists of 10 items and Article 4 of subjective symptoms (pain intensity, headache, concentration, sleep) substance other 6 activities of daily living (personal care, lifting, reading, business, car handling and leisure pursuits) is related to.The classification of disability according to neck disability index score is as follows; 0-4: no disability, 5-14: mild disability, 15-24: moderate disability, 25-34: severe disability, >34: full disability.

5. Evaluation of sleep quality

   Time frame: 3-week change in sleep quality

   Pittsburgh sleep quality index, Agargün et al. it is turkified by. The index is a 19-item self-report that evaluates sleep disturbance and quality in the last one-month period. it consists of 24 questions, 19 questions are self-report questions, 5 questions are answered by a spouse or roommate. The 18 scored questions of the scale consist of 7 components. These are subjective sleep quality, sleep duration, sleep latency, sleep disturbance, habitual sleep activity, use of sleeping pills, and daytime dysfunction.The global score obtained ranges from 0-21, and high values indicate that the quality of sleep is poor Decently, the level of sleep disturbance is high. A global score of 5 or above indicates that the quality of sleep is clinically significantly poor.