Efficacy of high and low level laser therapy in the treatment of Bell's palsy: A randomized double blind placebo-controlled trial

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 335-342

  Alayat, Mohamed Salaheldien Mohamed ^a   Elsodany, Ahmed Mohamed ^b   El Fiky, Amir Abdel Raouf ^a  

^a Cairo University   (Egypt)

^b UMM AL QURA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Bell's palsy; FDI; HBS; HILT; LLLT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EXERCISE; FACE MUSCLE; FACIAL DISABILITY SCALE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HIGH INTENSITY LASER THERAPY; HOUSE BRACKMANN SCALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; MASSAGE; MIDDLE AGED; NEODYMIUM YAG LASER; NEUROMUSCULAR FACILITATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE;

ADULT; BELL PALSY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; MASSAGE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84893659054     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: 1435604X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10103-013-1352-z     Document Type: Article

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