NCT05707091

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

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

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 32 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Riphah International University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 30 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

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

Detailed 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.

Conditions

• Bell's Palsy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
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

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-01-01
• Primary completion: 2023-03-01
• Completion: 2023-03-01
• First posted: 2023-01-31
• Last updated: 2023-01-31

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Pakistan