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| Name | Class |
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| Al Nafees Medical Hospital, Islamabad | UNKNOWN |
| Reliance Hospital Rawalpindi | UNKNOWN |
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Effects of Massage therapy and Facial PNF in early Bell's palsy
It is an interventional study in which investigator will give massage therapy to one group of patients and facial PNF techniques to other group to evaluate the efficacy of these intervention on bell's palsy pateints
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| control group | Active Comparator | massage therapy will be given to this group of participants |
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| experimental group | Experimental | Facial PNFtechnique will be given to this group of participants |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Facial PNF technique | Other | Stimulation techniques used to facilitate the weak muscle groups |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Sunnybrook facial grading scale | complete tool for assessing facial movement outcomes. Lower score (Zero) means complete paralysis and higher (100) means normal | assessment will be done after 6 weeks |
| Facial Clinimetric Evaluation Scale | to evaluate the impairment and disability associated with facial weakness. It is calculated ranging from 0 (worst) to 100 (best) | assessment will be done after 6 weeks |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Al Nafees Medical Hospital, Islamabd | Islamabad | Federally Administered Tribal... | 44010 | Pakistan |
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| ID | Term |
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| D020330 | Bell Palsy |
| ID | Term |
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| D006566 | Herpesviridae Infections |
| D004266 | DNA Virus Infections |
| D014777 | Virus Diseases |
| D007239 | Infections |
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| ID | Term |
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| D052580 | Muscle Stretching Exercises |
| D008405 | Massage |
| ID | Term |
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| D005081 | Exercise Therapy |
| D012046 | Rehabilitation |
| D000359 | Aftercare |
| D003266 | Continuity of Patient Care |
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Randomized control trail
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single blind RCT in which just participants do not know in which group they are being treated
| Massage therapy | Other | frictional massage to stimulate the weak muscle groups |
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| D009059 |
| Mouth Diseases |
| D009057 | Stomatognathic Diseases |
| D005155 | Facial Nerve Diseases |
| D003389 | Cranial Nerve Diseases |
| D009422 | Nervous System Diseases |
| D005791 |
| Patient Care |
| D013812 | Therapeutics |
| D026741 | Physical Therapy Modalities |
| D015444 | Exercise |
| D009043 | Motor Activity |
| D009068 | Movement |
| D009142 | Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena |
| D055687 | Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena |
| D064746 | Therapy, Soft Tissue |
| D026201 | Musculoskeletal Manipulations |
| D000529 | Complementary Therapies |