Peripheral facial paralysis
Conditions
Interventions
Acupuncture treatment group:Traditional Chinese acupuncture therapy
Neuromodulation group:Electromagnetic stimulation neuromodulation therapy
Combined treatment group:Acupuncture combined with electromagnetic stimulation
Sponsors
The Third People's Hospital of Dalian
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1.Aged from 18 to 80 years old. 2.TCM diagnostic criteria: Deviation of the mouth and eyes, aversion to wind with fever, retroauricular pain, chest and epigastric distention, inability to close the eyes, prolonged disease course, enlarged tongue body with little coating, thready and hesitant pulse. 3.Western medicine diagnostic criteria: At rest, patients present with asymmetric bilateral forehead wrinkles, unequal height of bilateral eyebrows and palpebral fissure width, as well as unilateral nasolabial fold shallowing of varying degrees and ptosis of the mouth corner. The movements such as frowning and eye closing are basically normal, while cheek bulging and nose wrinkling manifest facial asymmetry; grinning and showing teeth induce mouth corner deviation. Patients may also have food retention in the buccal space and salivation. 4.Objective evaluation indexes: Auxiliary examinations including electroneuronography of facial nerve and blink reflex are completed to objectively confirm the diagnosis of peripheral facial paralysis. 5.Written informed consent is signed by the patient or their family members.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1.Those with peripheral inflammatory facial paralysis caused by Ramsay Hunt syndrome, central facial paralysis, Guillain-Barré syndrome, meningitis, otitis media, posterior fossa tumor and other diseases; 2.Those who have received other treatments that may affect the results of this study; Patients with severe cardiac, hepatic or renal system diseases; 3.Patients with contraindications to low-frequency electrical stimulation or transcranial magnetic stimulation.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| House-Brackmann;Modified Portmann Scale ;Electroneurography data of facial nerve ; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactSihui Wu
The Third People's Hospital of Dalian
Outcome results
None listed