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Effects of rehabilitation training using proprioceptive neuromuscular stimulation on recovery and depression of facial paralysis patients

The effect of muscle rehabilitation training using proprioceptive neuromuscular stimulation on recovery and depression of Bell's palsy

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CRIS
Registry ID
KCT0002897
Enrollment
42
Registered
2018-05-25
Start date
2018-02-05
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2019-03-11

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Others(Facial exercise) : After 30 minutes of physical therapy (electrotherapy, light therapy) applied to patients with general Bell&#39
s palsy, the experimental group is supplemented with facial motion using proprioceptive neuromuscular stimulation and the control group is supplemented with 20 minutes of conventional facial movement

Sponsors

Daejeon University
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1) A person with Bell's palsy (facial paralysis) caused by the 7th cranial nerve paralysis 2) House-Brackmann grading system with grade III or higher 3) Those who understand the researcher's instructions and can independently form the questionnaire 4) Those who agreed to participate in the research

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1) A person who has passed 7 days or more of Bell's palsy 2) Patients with congenital paralysis, birth defects, diabetic peripheral neuropathy, central nervous system, traumatic injury, 3) Other cranial nerve disease except for the 7th cranial nerve

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
House-Brackmann grading system;Yanagihara grading system

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Nasolabial Angle;Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression

Countries

Korea, Republic of

Contacts

Public ContactYong-Jun Cha

Daejeon University

cha0874@dju.kr+82-42-280-2292

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CRIS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026