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

NCT05679752 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: 338
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 30
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Effects of Massage therapy and Facial PNF in early Bell's palsy

Conditions

Bell Palsy

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• 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

Study Arms (2)

control group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

massage therapy will be given to this group of participants

Other: Massage therapy

experimental group

EXPERIMENTAL

Facial PNFtechnique will be given to this group of participants

Other: Facial PNF technique

Interventions

Facial PNF technique OTHER

Stimulation techniques used to facilitate the weak muscle groups

Also known as: Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation

experimental group

Massage therapy OTHER

frictional massage to stimulate the weak muscle groups

Also known as: Passive massage

control group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 20 Years - 50 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• 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

You may not qualify if:

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

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Neuro Counsel Hospital, Pakistan: lead
• Al Nafees Medical Hospital, Islamabad: collaborator
• Reliance Hospital Rawalpindi: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Al Nafees Medical Hospital, Islamabd

Islamabad, Federally Administered Tribal..., 44010, Pakistan

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Bell Palsy

Interventions

Muscle Stretching Exercises; Massage

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Herpesviridae Infections; DNA Virus Infections; Virus Diseases; Infections; Mouth Diseases; Stomatognathic Diseases; Facial Nerve Diseases; Cranial Nerve Diseases; Nervous System Diseases

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Exercise Therapy; Rehabilitation; Aftercare; Continuity of Patient Care; Patient Care; Therapeutics; Physical Therapy Modalities; Exercise; Motor Activity; Movement; Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena; Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena; Therapy, Soft Tissue; Musculoskeletal Manipulations; Complementary Therapies

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Masking Details: single blind RCT in which just participants do not know in which group they are being treated
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: Randomized control trail

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 15, 2022
• First Posted: January 11, 2023
• Study Start: September 21, 2022
• Primary Completion: December 14, 2022
• Study Completion: December 14, 2022
• Last Updated: March 14, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-03

Locations

PA (1)