Does electrical stimulation improve motor recovery in patients with idiopathic facial (Bell) palsy?

Physical Therapy

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1558-1564

  Ohtake, Patricia J ^a   Zafron, Michelle L ^a   Poranki, Lakshmi G ^a   Fish, Dale R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BELL PALSY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FACE ASYMMETRY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NOTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BELL PALSY; CHILD; DATABASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750547555     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20060005     Document Type: Note

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