Bell Palsy Clinical Trial
Official title:
Effects of Mime Therapy With and Without Neural Mobilization on Facial Symmetry, Synkinesis and Functional Abilities in Patients With Bell's Palsy.
To determine the Effects of Mime Therapy with and without Neural Mobilization on Facial symmetry, Synkinesis and Functional abilities in Patients with Bell's Palsy. It has been proven that Mime therapy is effective on activating muscles through articulation exercises, facial expression exercises, breathing exercises and facial massages which can alleviate synkinesis, enhance facial symmetry and promote facial functional abilities. On the other hand, facial neural mobilization has recently reported as a safe and effective adjunctive therapy for patients with Bell's palsy due to the facilitation of nerve gliding in the canal impacts by reducing nerve adherence dispersion of noxious inflammatory agents and increasing neural blood supply. So, by incorporating the Neural mobilization with Mime therapy, therapist may enhance overall facial symmetry, reduce the strain on the facial muscles and alleviate synkinesis. So, it may prove to be an upgraded treatment option for clinicians.
Status | Recruiting |
Enrollment | 32 |
Est. completion date | December 15, 2024 |
Est. primary completion date | November 25, 2024 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | No |
Gender | All |
Age group | 20 Years to 40 Years |
Eligibility | Inclusion Criteria: Idiopathic bell's palsy. Age between 20 to 40 years. Both genders Sub-acute Bell's palsy lasting 3-6 months. Unilateral loss of facial weakness Intact taste sensation. House Brackman grade 4 and 5 (moderate to severe Bell's palsy) Exclusion Criteria: Facial palsy recurrence. Patients with Diabetes, Hypertension, and any Auto-immune disorder. Chronic bell's palsy patients Patients with upper motor neuron lesions. Other cranial nerves problem. Pregnancy. Dental metal prosthesis. Facial surgery Skin allergy on face. Patients with Ear infection. Patients with Ear implants. Any neuro-degenerative disorder. Patients with Herpes zoster, Otitis media and Ramsay Hunt syndrome |
Country | Name | City | State |
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Pakistan | DHQ, Kasur (Baba Bulleh Shah Hospital, District Kasur). | Kasur | Punjab |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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Riphah International University |
Pakistan,
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Paolucci T, Cardarola A, Colonnelli P, Ferracuti G, Gonnella R, Murgia M, Santilli V, Paoloni M, Bernetti A, Agostini F, Mangone M. Give me a kiss! An integrative rehabilitative training program with motor imagery and mirror therapy for recovery of facial palsy. Eur J Phys Rehabil Med. 2020 Feb;56(1):58-67. doi: 10.23736/S1973-9087.19.05757-5. Epub 2019 Mar 27. — View Citation
Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Primary | Sunny brook facial grading system | Facial symmetry was measured using the 13-item SFGS. The system includes three components: resting symmetry, the symmetry of voluntary movements, and synkinesis.
A composite facial symmetry score is calculated as [4 × symmetry of voluntary movement - 5 × resting asymmetry + 1 × synkinesis] with 100 representing normal facial symmetry. The SFGS is as reliable when applied by novice users as by expert users. Researchers are using this method more frequently because it has been demonstrated to be repeatable, to have minimal inter-observer and intra-observer variability, and to be responsive to changes over time and as a consequence to treatments. The SFGS has high reliability and repeatability which is good to excellent ranging from 0.766 to 0.860. |
3rd week | |
Primary | Facial disability index | The FDI helps to measure the difficulties of the face in activities of daily living such as eating, drinking, and communicating. It represents the relationship between impairments, disability, and psychosocial status and also focuses on the disability of individuals with disorders of the facial motor system.
The reliability and internal consistency of the FDI (Cronbach's alpha coefficient) was 0.83 for the complete scale. Intra-class correlation was 0.79 (95% CI: 0.71-0.85) and 0.85 (95% CI: 0.78-0.89) for the physical and social well-being subscale |
3rd week | |
Primary | Kinovea Movement Analysis software | An objective analysis of the human movement can help both clinical assessment and sports performance. Kinovea is a free 2D motion analysis software that can be used to measure kinematic parameters. The Kinovea software is a valid and reliable tool that can measure accurately at distances up to 5 m from the object and at an angle range of 90°-45°. Nevertheless, for optimum results an angle of 90° is suggested and trustworthy instrument because of strong intra rater reliability(0.98-0.99) and inter rater reliability (0.95-0.98).
During recording, patients were asked to perform three movements as follows: first, raise the eyebrows (frontalis); second, smile with pursed lips (zygomatic); and third, pout the lips (orbicularis oris). The symmetry ratio was calculated while comparing each side of face |
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