Effects of Massage Therapy and Facial PNF in Early Bell's Palsy

March 10, 2023 updated by: Neuro Counsel Hospital, Pakistan
Effects of Massage therapy and Facial PNF in early Bell's palsy

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

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

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

30

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Pakistan
    • Federally Administered Tribal...
      • Islamabad, Federally Administered Tribal..., Pakistan, 44010
        • Al Nafees Medical Hospital, Islamabd

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

20 years to 50 years (Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Both males and females with age between 20 to 50 years
  • All patients diagnosed with Bell's palsy
  • Non traumatic onset
  • Acute onset 1 to 3 weeks
  • Either right or left side

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Subject who have other Neurological disorder
  • Subjects who have impaired cognition
  • Complete paralysis of face
  • Open wound on face

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Other
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: control group
massage therapy will be given to this group of participants
Other: Massage therapy
frictional massage to stimulate the weak muscle groups
Other Names:
  • Passive massage
Experimental: experimental group
Facial PNFtechnique will be given to this group of participants
Other: Facial PNF technique
Stimulation techniques used to facilitate the weak muscle groups
Other Names:
  • Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Sunnybrook facial grading scale
Time Frame: assessment will be done after 6 weeks
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
Time Frame: assessment will be done after 6 weeks
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

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Neuro Counsel Hospital, Pakistan

Collaborators

Al Nafees Medical Hospital, Islamabad
Reliance Hospital Rawalpindi

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

September 21, 2022

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 14, 2022

Study Completion (Actual)

December 14, 2022

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

December 15, 2022

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 23, 2022

First Posted (Actual)

January 11, 2023

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 14, 2023

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 10, 2023

Last Verified

March 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 338 (EDGE)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

UNDECIDED

IPD Plan Description

Still not decided about this.

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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