Mime therapy improves facial symmetry in people with long-term facial nerve paresis: A randomised controlled trial

Australian Journal of Physiotherapy

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 177-183

  Beurskens, Carien H G ^a   Heymans, Peter G ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Facial asymmetry; Facial nerve paresis; House Brackman facial grading system; Physiotherapy; RCT; Sunnybrook facial grading system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACE ASYMMETRY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; MASSAGE; MIME THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAXATION TRAINING; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYNKINESIS; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 33748499364     PISSN: 00049514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0004-9514(06)70026-5     Document Type: Article

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