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ReviewCureus2022

Bell's Palsy: A Review.

Awantika Singh, Prasad Deshmukh

3 registry-linked trialsOpen access · diamondAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Cureus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 31 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
31citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT06742580 recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2023, after this paper: background citation

The Relationship Between Idiopathic Acute Peripheral Facial Paralysis and Homocysteine Level in Adult Patients

Typeobservational_patient_registrySponsorMurat AkınRan2023 to 2025Enrolled80ConditionsFacial Paralysis, Peripheral, Bell Palsy
NCT06775717 naenrolling by invitationnot on this mapstarted 2024, after this paper: background citation

Comparative Effects of Motor Imagery and Mirror Therapy on Synkinesis, Facial Asymmetry, Facial Function and Quality of Life in Bell's Palsy Patients.

TypeinterventionalSponsorRiphah International UniversityRan2024 to 2025Enrolled42ConditionsBell PalsyArmsMotor Imagery with conventional Treatment, Mirror therapy with conventional Treatment.
NCT07266636 nanot yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Comparative Effect of Photobiomodulation and Electrical Stimulation on Facial Disability Among Bell's Palsy Patients

TypeinterventionalSponsorLahore University of Biological and Applied SciencesRan2025 to 2026Enrolled34ConditionsBell's PalsyArmsPhotobiomodulation alongwith facial exercise, Electrical Stimulation alongwith facial exercise
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Manual Lymph Drainage Vodder (MLDV) Increases Facial Function in Bell's Palsy Patients.International journal of therapeutic massage & bodywork · 2026
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  16. [The value of MR neuroimaging in image evaluation of facial neuritis].Lin chuang er bi yan hou tou jing wai ke za zhi = Journal of clinical otorhinolaryngology head and neck surgery · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Awantika SinghDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, IND.
Prasad DeshmukhDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, IND.
Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences · INJawaharlal Nehru Medical College · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bell's palsy, also known as "acute facial palsy of unknown cause", is a common cranial neuropathy leading to facial muscle paresis or complete paralysis characteristically on one side, occurring suddenly and may progress over 48 hours. It results from facial nerve dysfunction due to trauma or inflammation of the 7

Indexed as

acyclovirbell's palsycorticosteroidselectromyographyfacial nervelower motor neuron palsynerve excitability test

Identifiers

PMID36397921
PMCPMC9648613
OpenAlexW4304202608

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Registered trials

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.