Electro Physiological Responses to Kabat Motor Control Re-education on Bell's Palsy: A Randomized Controlled Study

Lama Saad El-Din Mahmoud

Status: Completed

Conditions: Bell's Palsy; Facial Nerve Palsy

Treatments: Other: conventional selected program; Other: Kabat motor control re-education therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04894513

P.T./REC /012/003143

Details and patient eligibility

About

To investigate the Effect of Kabat motor control re-education therapy on facial nerve Electro physiological responses and facial muscles function in bell's palsy.

BACKGROUND: facial nerve recovery in children could be improved through facilitation of nerve regeneration which can be enhanced through Kabat motor control re-education therapy.

Full description

Thirty children with bell's palsy will participate in this study. The patients will randomly be divided into two equal groups; the control group received the conventional selected program, and the study group received the same exercise training program in addition to Kabat motor control re-education therapy. The program of treatment will be three times per week for six weeks.

The evaluation methods: Facial nerve distal latency, amplitude, and percentage of degenerations via the Neuropack S1 MEB9004 EMG device, the Facial Disability Index, and Sunnybrook facial grading system (SBFGS) all the assessment methods before the program and after finishing the program

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12 to 16 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Thirty child diagnosed as acquired bell's palsy with unilateral peripheral facial paralysis
• Both gender
• Their age ranged from 12:16 years old.

Exclusion criteria

• difficulty to communicate or to understand program instructions
• Oral dentures, Skin infection and metal implants on face
• Sensory loss over the face, Recurrent facial paralysis
• any other disorders or neurological deficits,
• a history of surgical intervention for the ear and facial nerve palsy
• pain of any other origin
• non co-operative patients

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

study group

Experimental group

Description:

the study group received the conventional selected program in addition to Kabat motor control re-education

Treatment:

Other: Kabat motor control re-education therapy

Other: conventional selected program

control group

Experimental group

Description:

the control group received the conventional selected program

Treatment:

Other: conventional selected program