NCT06544603

Laser Acupuncture for Traumatic Facial Paralysis

Effect of Laser Acupuncture for Traumatic Facial Paralysis: A Retrospective Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 174 (actual)
• Sponsor: Beijing Tongren Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Objective: The objective of this study was to determine whether laser acupuncture therapy could relieve symptoms in patients with traumatic facial paralysis. Methods: This study was retrospective study including 174 patients that undergoing traumatic facial paralysis. All the patients received laser acupuncture (LA). Patients were assigned to the LA 1 month group, LA 3 month group and LA 6 month group, with 58 patients in each group. Clinical outcome measure comprised the House-Brackmann grading system, Facial Clinimetric Evaluation Scale (FaCE), Sunnybrook facial grading scale (SBFG), Facial Disability Index (FDI), electroneuronography (ENoG), electromyography (EMG) and Blink reflex

Conditions

• Traumatic Facial Paralysis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Multiwave Locked System (MLS) laser	Laser probe directly contacts with skin of the all the acupoints. The probe was fixed on each point for 1 min. In this study, the laser acupuncture used have wavelength of 808 nm and 905nm, 1.2 W power (808nm is 1 W, 905 nm is 200 mW), continuous mode emission (808 nm) and pulsed mode emission (905 nm)

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-01-01
• Primary completion: 2024-07-10
• Completion: 2024-07-10
• First posted: 2024-08-09
• Last updated: 2024-08-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China