Sunnybrook facial grading system: Reliability and criteria for grading

Laryngoscope

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1038-1045

  Neely, J Gail ^a   Cherian, Nevin G ^a   Dickerson, Cody B ^a   Nedzelski, Julian M ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bell's palsy; Evaluation criteria; Facial grading scales; Facial nerve; Facial palsy; Facial paralysis; Sunnybrook facial grading system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEEK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EYE; EYEBROW; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FACIES; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; LIP; MOUTH; OBSERVER VARIATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SUNNYBROOK FACIAL GRADING SYSTEM; VIDEORECORDING; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL MUSCLES; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL PARALYSIS; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYNKINESIS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 77951734991     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.20868     Document Type: Article

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