Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Department of Radiology, Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Neuromodulation. 2022 Apr;25(3):366-379. doi: 10.1111/ner.13346.
After 20 years of development, there is confusion in the nomenclature of transcutaneous stimulation of the auricular branch of the vagus nerve (ABVN). We performed a systematic review of transcutaneous stimulation of ABVN in nomenclature.
A systematic search of the literature was carried out, using the bibliographic search engine PubMed. The search covered articles published up until June 11, 2020. We recorded the full nomenclature and abbreviated nomenclature same or similar to transcutaneous stimulation of ABVN in the selected eligible studies, as well as the time and author information of this nomenclature.
From 261 studies, 67 full nomenclatures and 27 abbreviated nomenclatures were finally screened out, transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation and tVNS are the most common nomenclature, accounting for 38.38% and 42.06%, respectively. In a total of 97 combinations of full nomenclatures and abbreviations, the most commonly used nomenclature for the combination of transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation and tVNS, accounting for 30.28%. Interestingly, the combination of full nomenclatures and abbreviations is not always a one-to-one relationship, there are ten abbreviated nomenclatures corresponding to transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation, and five full nomenclatures corresponding to tVNS. In addition, based on the analysis of the usage habits of nomenclature in 21 teams, it is found that only three teams have fixed habits, while other different teams or the same team do not always use the same nomenclature in their paper.
The phenomenon of confusion in the nomenclature of transcutaneous stimulation of ABVN is obvious and shows a trend of diversity. The nomenclature of transcutaneous stimulation of ABVN needs to become more standardized in the future.
经过 20 年的发展，耳甲迷走神经皮支(transcutaneous stimulation of the auricular branch of the vagus nerve，ABVN)的命名法存在混乱。我们对 ABVN 经皮刺激的命名法进行了系统综述。
使用文献检索引擎 PubMed 进行系统文献检索。检索范围涵盖截至 2020 年 6 月 11 日发表的文章。我们记录了入选合格研究中 ABVN 经皮刺激的全命名法和缩写命名法，以及该命名法的时间和作者信息。
从 261 篇研究中，最终筛选出 67 种全命名法和 27 种缩写命名法，经皮迷走神经刺激(transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation，tVNS)和 tVNS 是最常见的命名法，分别占 38.38%和 42.06%。在全命名法和缩写命名法的 97 种组合中，经皮迷走神经刺激和 tVNS 的组合最常用，占 30.28%。有趣的是，全命名法和缩写命名法并不总是一一对应，有 10 种缩写命名法对应经皮迷走神经刺激，有 5 种全命名法对应 tVNS。此外，通过对 21 个团队命名法使用习惯的分析发现，只有 3 个团队有固定习惯，而其他不同团队或同一团队在其论文中并不总是使用相同的命名法。
ABVN 经皮刺激命名法的混乱现象明显，并呈现出多样化的趋势。ABVN 经皮刺激的命名法在未来需要更加标准化。
