Effect of Face Yoga on Mimic Muscles

The Effect of Facial Yoga on Tonus, Stiffness and Elasticity of Mimic Muscles

This study aimed to investigate the effect of facial yoga on tonus, stiffness and elasticity of facial muscles.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Facial Yoga; Facial Exercises
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: facial yoga exercise program

Detailed Description

This study was conducted on healthy volunteers aged 25-50 between June 2024 and January 2025. In the participants who agree to participate in the study, a descriptive data form and myotone evaluations of facial muscles will be performed. Measurements will be carried out immediately after the participants are recruited and at the end of the 8-week facial yoga programme.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 20

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Balikesir, Turkey
    • Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

Healthy female volunteers

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Individuals between 25-50 years of age whose voluntary consent was obtained

Exclusion Criteria:

• Botox application to the facial area in the last 6 months,
• Regular use of analgesics and anti-inflammatories,
• The presence of infection or tumoural structures within the structures in the facial region,
• With TMJ disc displacement and joint degeneration,
• Cervical or TMJ fracture, systemic disease, musculoskeletal problem with evidence of specific pathological condition,
• Any surgical operation related to cervical or TMJ problem,
• Less than 6 months of cervical or TMJ-related physiotherapy and rehabilitation services,
• The one with facial paralysis,
• Participants with diagnosed psychiatric illness will not be included in the study.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Evaluation of the mimic muscles tone	Myoton®PRO (Myoton Ltd, Myoton AS, Estonia) was used to objectively evaluate of the participants' facial muscles tone. The frontalis, corrugator supercili, orbicularis oculi, nasalis, orbicularis oris, mentalis and buccinator muscles, as well as masseter, temporal and digastric muscles were evaluated bilaterally in the sitting position.	June 2024- August 2024
Evaluation of the mimic muscles stiffness	Myoton®PRO (Myoton Ltd, Myoton AS, Estonia) was used to objectively evaluate of the participants' facial muscles stiffness. The frontalis, corrugator supercili, orbicularis oculi, nasalis, orbicularis oris, mentalis and buccinator muscles, as well as masseter, temporal and digastric muscles were evaluated bilaterally in the sitting position.	June 2024- August 2024
Evaluation of the mimic muscles elasticity	Myoton®PRO (Myoton Ltd, Myoton AS, Estonia) was used to objectively evaluate of the participants' facial muscles elasticity. The frontalis, corrugator supercili, orbicularis oculi, nasalis, orbicularis oris, mentalis and buccinator muscles, as well as masseter, temporal and digastric muscles were evaluated bilaterally in the sitting position.	June 2024- August 2024

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Assessing mimic muscle tone after exercising	After the exercise program, the participants' facial muscles tone evaluated by Myoton Pro. The frontalis, corrugator supercili, orbicularis oculi, nasalis, orbicularis oris, mentalis and buccinator muscles, as well as masseter, temporal and digastric muscles were evaluated bilaterally in the sitting position.	October 2024- December 2024
Assessing mimic muscle stiffness after exercising	After the exercise program, the participants' facial muscles stiffness evaluated by Myoton Pro. The frontalis, corrugator supercili, orbicularis oculi, nasalis, orbicularis oris, mentalis and buccinator muscles, as well as masseter, temporal and digastric muscles were evaluated bilaterally in the sitting position.	October 2024- December 2024
Assessing mimic muscle elasticity after exercising	After the exercise program, the participants' facial muscles elasticity evaluated by Myoton Pro. The frontalis, corrugator supercili, orbicularis oculi, nasalis, orbicularis oris, mentalis and buccinator muscles, as well as masseter, temporal and digastric muscles were evaluated bilaterally in the sitting position.	October 2024- December 2024

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): June 1, 2024
• Primary Completion (Actual): January 1, 2025
• Study Completion (Actual): January 1, 2025

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 3, 2025
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 3, 2025
• First Posted (Actual): March 25, 2025

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 25, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 3, 2025
• Last Verified: January 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: stiffness; elasticity; Myoton; facial yoga; tonus
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pathologic Processes; Disease Attributes; Facies
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2024 -113

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED

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