Refractory Facial Paralysis
Conditions
Interventions
Treatment group:Tiaoshen Guben Acupuncture Combined with Floating Needle Therapy Group
control group:Tiaoshen Guben Acupuncture Group
Sponsors
Shenzhen Bao'an District Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 70 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Subjects must meet all of the following four criteria: (1) Meet the diagnostic criteria for idiopathic facial nerve palsy according to both Western medicine and traditional Chinese medicine; (2) Have a disease duration of =2 months with residual facial dysfunction; (3) Be of any gender, aged between 18 and 70 years; (4) Be willing to participate in this study and sign the informed consent form.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Subjects who meet any one of the following criteria will be excluded: (1) Those with central facial paralysis, Ramsay Hunt syndrome, or facial paralysis caused by trauma, surgery, tumor, or other identifiable causes; (2) Those with serious diseases of the cardiovascular or cerebrovascular systems, or with psychiatric disorders; (3) Those with likely poor compliance or fear of acupuncture; (4) Pregnant or breastfeeding women; (5) Those receiving other treatments that may affect the results of this study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| House-Brackmann Facial Nerve Grading Scale; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Sunnybrook Facial Grading System;Self-rating Depression Scale;Self-rating Anxiety Scale;Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF);Nerve growth factor (NGF);Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF);Nitric oxide (NO);Endothelin (ET); | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactHaiyan Xu
Shenzhen Bao'an District Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital
Outcome results
None listed