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Trial reportEuropean archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery2021

Facial taping as biofeedback to improve the outcomes of physical rehab in Bell's palsy: preliminary results of a randomized case-control study.

Arianna Di Stadio, Valeria Gambacorta, Massimo Ralli, Jenny Pagliari, Fabrizio Longari, Antonio Greco, Giampietro Ricci

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Trial report in European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06538103 (Combining Early Lower Eyelid Surgery With Neuromuscular Retraining for Synkinesis Prevention After Facial Palsy.), which is not on this map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
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2 · The registry

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NCT06538103 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2022, after this paper: background citation

Combining Early Lower Eyelid Surgery With Neuromuscular Retraining for Synkinesis Prevention After Facial Palsy.

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of CataniaRan2022 to 2023Enrolled25ConditionsFacial Paralysis, SinkynesisArmsEye soft surgery, Physical Rehabilitation
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Arianna Di StadioOtolaryngology Department, University of Perugia, Piazza Menghini 1, 06129, Perugia, Italy. ariannadistadio@hotmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5510-3814
Valeria GambacortaOtolaryngology Department, University of Perugia, Piazza Menghini 1, 06129, Perugia, Italy.
Massimo RalliDepartment of Sense Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8776-0421
Jenny PagliariOtolaryngology Department, Silvestrini Hospital, Perugia, Italy.
Fabrizio LongariOtolaryngology Department, University of Perugia, Piazza Menghini 1, 06129, Perugia, Italy.
Antonio GrecoDepartment of Sense Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4824-9871
Giampietro RicciOtolaryngology Department, University of Perugia, Piazza Menghini 1, 06129, Perugia, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9819-113X
University of Perugia · ITSapienza University of Rome · ITAzienda Ospedaliera di Perugia · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThis study aimed to investigate the efficacy of taping in association with Kabat rehabilitation to ameliorate the outcomes of Bell's palsy.

methodsThis case-control study was conducted on hospital-outbound patients. 20 patients over 18 years affected from Bell's palsy were recruited at the onset of the disease (< 5 days). Patients were simply randomized into two groups. Patients in group A underwent exclusively Kabat rehabilitation, while patients in group B were treated by combining facial taping and Kabat. Facial palsy severity was evaluated with ADS assessment at baseline (T0), 1 week (T1), 1 month (T2) and 3 months (T3) after treatment. One-way ANOVA was used to compare ADS scores variance between groups to evaluate differences between the two treatments.

resultsBoth groups presented statistically significant differences comparing the baseline with the other observational points (within analysis) (p < 0.0001). Patients in group B showed a statistically significant improvement compared to group A (between analyses) (p < 0.0001), especially at T2 (p < 0.01).

conclusionsFacial taping combined with Kabat rehabilitation allowed to reduce the time of recovery and improved the outcomes of Bell's palsy.

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Bell PalsyFacial ParalysisBiofeedback, PsychologyCase-Control StudiesHumansBell’s palsyFacial rehabilitationKabatMotility recoveryTaping

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PMID32681234
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