Subjects
In this study, 106 volunteer healthy individuals between the ages of
18-35 participated in the laboratory of Sinop University, Türkeli
Vocational School. Inclusion criteria for the study; (1) Being healthy
between the ages of 18-35, (2) Volunteering to participate in the study,
(3) Signing a voluntary consent form, (4) Being in the inactive category
according to the International Physical Activity Questionnaire.
Exclusion criteria from the study; (1) Having regular sports habits, (2)
Being pregnant or suspected of pregnancy, (3) Disability of the lower or
upper extremities, (4) Acute wound or infection in the ear. (5) Those
who are in the very minimally active or active category according to the
International Physical Activity questionnaire, (6) Presence of any
chronic disease and drug use for this condition, (7) Current history of
respiratory system disease, and receiving treatment, (8) existing
cardiac system disease history and receiving treatment, (9) existing
hearing system disease history and receiving treatment.
After informing the participants of the study in detail about the
procedure to be applied, an international physical activity
questionnaire was first applied to the volunteers who signed the consent
form (Van Poppel et al., 2010). Out of 106 people evaluated for
eligibility, 4 people with regular sports habits, 5 people in the active
category according to the results of the international physical activity
survey, 7 people who refused to participate in the study, and 90
participants were continued. The gender, age, height, weight and body
mass indexes of the participants who met the inclusion criteria were
recorded and randomly divided into 3 groups. No one left the study for
any reason after randomization.
A 4-day protocol was used in the study. Cycling exercise was done with
maximum performance for 30 minutes under the same watt load for four
days. At the end of the cycling exercise, non-invasive auricular
stimulation was performed with the Vagustim device according to the
groups of the participants. The distances they traveled were recorded
for comparison. It was evaluated with 7 different parameters before and
after cycling exercise and at the end of vagus nerve stimulation every
day.