Laser Acupuncture for Traumatic Facial Paralysis

Capital Medical University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Traumatic Facial Paralysis

Treatments: Device: Multiwave Locked System (MLS) laser

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06544603

Laser-RS-2024

Details and patient eligibility

About

Objective:

The objective of this study was to determine whether laser acupuncture therapy could relieve symptoms in patients with traumatic facial paralysis.

Methods:

This study was retrospective study including 174 patients that undergoing traumatic facial paralysis. All the patients received laser acupuncture (LA).

Patients were assigned to the LA 1 month group, LA 3 month group and LA 6 month group, with 58 patients in each group.

Clinical outcome measure comprised the House-Brackmann grading system, Facial Clinimetric Evaluation Scale (FaCE), Sunnybrook facial grading scale (SBFG), Facial Disability Index (FDI), electroneuronography (ENoG), electromyography (EMG) and Blink reflex

Enrollment: 174 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 1, Patients diagnosed with traumatic facial paralysis 2, Patients were eligible if they were graded at House-Brackmann grade (HB) 3 or higher.

Exclusion criteria

• 1.Serious mental illness or social problems, and neurological disorders, and systemic diseases, such as malignant tumors, and other serious consumptive diseases.

2. Planning for pregnancy, those in pregnancy, or those who were lactating. 3. Neurotmesis by trauma.

Trial design

174 participants in 3 patient groups

Control group

LA 3 month group

Description:

Laser acupuncture used a class IV Multiwave Locked System (MLS) laser (Mphi laser, ASA Srl, Vicenza, Italy). In LA group, we choose 5 acupoints on the affected side. It includes ST2(Si Bai), ST4(Di Cang), ST6(Jia Che), GB14(Yang Bai), GB20(Feng chi). We choose 6 acupoints, including LI4 (He Gu), LI11(Qu Chi), ST25 (Tian Shu), ST36 (Zu San Li), SP6 (San Yin Jiao), KI3 (Tai Xi), LR3 (Tai Chong). Laser acupuncture used have wavelength of 808 nm and 905nm, 1.2 W power (808nm is 1 W, 905 nm is 200 mW), continuous mode emission (808 nm) and pulsed mode emission (905 nm), 1500 Hz, 50% power level, 50% duty cycle, 8.35 J/cm2 dosimetry, 26.22 J for each point, 36 times total treatment.

Treatment:

Device: Multiwave Locked System (MLS) laser

LA 6 month group

Description:

Laser acupuncture used a class IV Multiwave Locked System (MLS) laser (Mphi laser, ASA Srl, Vicenza, Italy). In LA group, we choose 5 acupoints on the affected side. It includes ST2(Si Bai), ST4(Di Cang), ST6(Jia Che), GB14(Yang Bai), GB20(Feng chi). We choose 6 acupoints, including LI4 (He Gu), LI11(Qu Chi), ST25 (Tian Shu), ST36 (Zu San Li), SP6 (San Yin Jiao), KI3 (Tai Xi), LR3 (Tai Chong). Laser acupuncture used have wavelength of 808 nm and 905nm, 1.2 W power (808nm is 1 W, 905 nm is 200 mW), continuous mode emission (808 nm) and pulsed mode emission (905 nm), 1500 Hz, 50% power level, 50% duty cycle, 8.35 J/cm2 dosimetry, 26.22 J for each point, 72 times total treatment.

Treatment:

Device: Multiwave Locked System (MLS) laser