Anthropometric Angular Measurement to Determine Muscle Tonus in Patients With Peripheral Facial Paralysis

Peripheral Facial Paralysis Clinical Trial

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Official title:

Anthropometric Angular Measurement to Determine Muscle Tonus in Patients With Peripheral Facial Paralysis

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00903669
• Other study ID #: ATessitore
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: May 14, 2009
• Last updated: May 14, 2009
• Start date: January 2005
• Est. completion date: February 2006

Study information

• Verified date: May 2009
• Source: University of Campinas, Brazil
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The current study sought to determine the reliability of the rehabilitation protocol using the labial commissure angle (LCA) as an indicator of both muscle tonus and therapeutic success. The investigators hypothesized that this measurement would provide objective data regarding the efficacy of rehabilitation for these challenging patients.

Description:

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: In cases of peripheral facial paralysis (PFP), diminished facial movements and their resultant cosmetic sequelae may have significant emotional repercussions, in addition to producing pronounced functional deficits. Abnormal muscle proprioception and deviation of the nasal-labial filter may also interfere with articulation of the labiodental and bilabial phonemes, thus diminishing speech intelligibility. In relation to stomatognathic functions, weakened labial occlusion decreases intraoral pressure, thereby hindering liquid retention in the buccal cavity and giving rise to vestibular stasis on the paralyzed side. The aim of this study was to evaluate the reliability of the labial commissure angle (LCA) as an anthropometric marker for objectively assessing changes in facial muscle tonus.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 20
• Est. completion date: February 2006
• Est. primary completion date: September 2005
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 20 Years to 70 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• age range between 20 and 70 years

• incomplete PFP (Degree IV)

• integral facial nerve (FN)

Exclusion Criteria:

• systemic disease

• potentially aggravating the PFP (neurological, degenerative, endocrinological)

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Bell Palsy
• Facial Paralysis
• Facies
• Paralysis
• Peripheral Facial Paralysis

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Brazil	Universidade estadual de Campinas	Campinas	São Paulo

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Campinas, Brazil

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Brazil,