Stability of benefits of mime therapy in sequelae of facial nerve paresis during a 1-year period

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1037-1042

  Beurskens, Carien H G ^a   Heymans, Peter G ^b   Oostendorp, Rob A B ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Facial Asymmetry; Facial Paralysis; Facial Paresis; Long term Stability; Physiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIP; MIME THERAPY; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXERCISE THERAPY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RELAXATION TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749365267     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mao.0000217350.09796.07     Document Type: Article

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