Low Laser Therapy on Facial Motor Functions Function and Synkinesis in Patients With Bell's Palsy

Bell's Palsy Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effects of Low Laser Therapy on Facial Motor Functions Function and Synkinesis in Patients With Bell's Palsy

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05707091
• Other study ID #: REC/RCR&AHS/22/0216
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 1, 2023
• Est. completion date: March 1, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: January 2023
• Source: Riphah International University
• Contact: Ali Raza, MsOMPT
• Phone: 03326099065
• Email: araza.frahs[@]riphah.edu.pk
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

To determine the effects of low-level laser therapy on facial motor functions and synkinesis in patients with bell's palsy

Description:

A randomised controlled trial tested low-level laser therapy (LLLT) for bell's palsy. Lahore's Ittefaq Hospital selected 32 bell's palsy patients for the research. The Facial Disability Index (FDI), House-Brackmann Scale (HBS), and Sunnybrook Facial Grading System were used to collect data over ten months (SFG). LLLT and conventional therapy were randomly assigned to two groups. SPSS 25 compared pre- and post-treatment values of the two groups.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 32
• Est. completion date: March 1, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: March 1, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 30 Years to 60 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Male female diagnosed with idiopathic Bell's palsy by physician

• age 30-60years

• Bell's palsy in patients having known history of hypertension

• Bell's palsy in patients having known history of diabetes

Exclusion Criteria:

• Participants with a middle ear infection

• parotid gland tumor

• malignant otitis external

• Tumors in the base of the lateral skull

• upper motor neuron facial palsy

• segmental muscle weakness

• and recurrent episodes of facial paralysis, polyneuropathies

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Bell Palsy
• Bell's Palsy
• Facial Paralysis
• Synkinesis

Intervention

Other:
• Low level laser therapy and conventional therapy
One group treated with low level laser therapy along with conventional therapy

Procedure:
• Conventional therapy
Group B treated with ems and exercises

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Pakistan	Ali raza	Lahore	Punjab

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Riphah International University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Pakistan, 

References & Publications (5)

Aghamohamdi D, Fakhari S, Farhoudi M, Farzin H. The Efficacy of Low-Level Laser Therapy in the Treatment of Bell's Palsy in Diabetic Patients. J Lasers Med Sci. 2020 Summer;11(3):310-315. doi: 10.34172/jlms.2020.52. Epub 2020 Jun 21. — View Citation

Alayat MS, Elsodany AM, El Fiky AA. Efficacy of high and low level laser therapy in the treatment of Bell's palsy: a randomized double blind placebo-controlled trial. Lasers Med Sci. 2014 Jan;29(1):335-42. doi: 10.1007/s10103-013-1352-z. Epub 2013 May 26. — View Citation

Bylund N, Hultcrantz M, Jonsson L, Marsk E. Quality of Life in Bell's Palsy: Correlation with Sunnybrook and House-Brackmann Over Time. Laryngoscope. 2021 Feb;131(2):E612-E618. doi: 10.1002/lary.28751. Epub 2020 May 28. — View Citation

de Oliveira RF, da Silva AC, Simoes A, Youssef MN, de Freitas PM. Laser Therapy in the Treatment of Paresthesia: A Retrospective Study of 125 Clinical Cases. Photomed Laser Surg. 2015 Aug;33(8):415-23. doi: 10.1089/pho.2015.3888. — View Citation

Ordahan B, Karahan AY. Role of low-level laser therapy added to facial expression exercises in patients with idiopathic facial (Bell's) palsy. Lasers Med Sci. 2017 May;32(4):931-936. doi: 10.1007/s10103-017-2195-9. Epub 2017 Mar 23. Erratum In: Lasers Med Sci. 2019 Jun 17;: — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Facial disability index	To access the physical well-being	4 weeks
Primary	Housebrackmann scale	To grade the facial muscle weakness	4 weeks
Primary	Sunnybrook facial grading	To acess symmetry and synkinesis	4 weeks