Mimic Muscle Volume, Central Facial Palsy Severity and Dysphagia

N/ANot Yet RecruitingNCT06615297

Istanbul Physical Medicine Rehabilitation Training and Research Hospital70 enrolled

Overview

70 stroke patients with central facial paralysis will be included and their demographic data will be questioned and facial nerve thickness, depressor labi inferior, depressor anguli oris, buccinator and risorius muscles will be evaluated.

70 stroke patients with central facial paralysis who were included in the rehabilitation program at Istanbul Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Training and Research Hospital will be included and their demographic data such as age, gender, marital status, education level, body mass index, stroke etiologies will be questioned and used with the House-Brackmann scale. Involvement levels, facial nerve thickness (right/left), depressor labi inferior, depressor anguli oris, buccinator and risorius muscles will be evaluated. The data obtained will be correlated with total dysphagia score and facial disability index.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Facial Paralysis, Central Stroke

Interventions

ultrasonographic evaluationDIAGNOSTIC_TEST

facial nerve thickness (right/left), depressor labi inferior, depressor anguli oris, buccinator and risorius muscles will be evaluated.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of stroke and presence of unilateral central facial paralysis, * Agreeing to participate in the study, * Cognitive competence to understand the test instructions, * Presence of communication skills to respond to the test instructions. Exclusion Criteria: * Presence of previous facial paralysis or a neurological disease other than stroke that will cause central paralysis, * bilateral involvement * illiteracy, refusal to participate in the study, * jaw joint problem, * surgical intervention in the facial area that will affect ultrasound measurements, * infected open wound.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

facial nerve thickness

the thickness of the nerve will be measured by ultrasound

Time frame: baseline

Secondary Outcomes

depressor labi inferior

the thickness of the muscle will be measured by ultrasound

Time frame: baseline

depressor anguli oris

the thickness of the muscle will be measured by ultrasound

Time frame: baseline

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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