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Weather conditions and Bell's palsy: five-year study and review of the literature

BACKGROUND: Climatic or meteorological condition changes have been implicated in the pathogenesis of Bell's palsy (BP). We evaluate the influence of meteorological parameters, such as temperature, humidity, and atmospheric pressure, and their variation and covariation on the incidence of BP and...

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Autores principales: Danielides, Vasilis, Patrikakos, George, Nousia, Christina-Sophia, Bartzokas, Aristides, Milionis, Haralampos J, Lolis, Christos, Skevas, Antonios
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC60999/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11737872
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2377-1-7
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author Danielides, Vasilis
Patrikakos, George
Nousia, Christina-Sophia
Bartzokas, Aristides
Milionis, Haralampos J
Lolis, Christos
Skevas, Antonios
author_facet Danielides, Vasilis
Patrikakos, George
Nousia, Christina-Sophia
Bartzokas, Aristides
Milionis, Haralampos J
Lolis, Christos
Skevas, Antonios
author_sort Danielides, Vasilis
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description BACKGROUND: Climatic or meteorological condition changes have been implicated in the pathogenesis of Bell's palsy (BP). We evaluate the influence of meteorological parameters, such as temperature, humidity, and atmospheric pressure, and their variation and covariation on the incidence of BP and present a review of the literature on the effect of meteorological conditions on facial nerve function. METHODS: A total of 171 cases of BP admitted to our Department over a five-year period were studied. The meteorological database included daily values of 13 distinct parameters recorded at the meteorological station of the University of Ioannina during this period. A relationship between each meteorological variable and the incidence of BP was investigated by applying (Χ(2)) test on data from 13 contingency tables. In addition, the influence of different weather types on the incidence of BP was also investigated. For this purpose Cluster Analysis was used to create eight clusters (weather types) for the Ioannina prefecture and (Χ(2)) test was applied on the contingency tables consisting of the days of BP cases for each cluster. RESULTS: No significant correlation was found either between BP and each distinct meteorological parameter or between BP and any specific weather. CONCLUSIONS: Meteorological conditions, such as those dominating in the Northwestern Greece, and/or their changes have little effect on the incidence of BP. Multicenter studies taking into account atmospheric pollution, and climatic differences between countries, are necessary to scrutinize the environmental effects on facial nerve function.
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spelling pubmed-609992001-12-17 Weather conditions and Bell's palsy: five-year study and review of the literature Danielides, Vasilis Patrikakos, George Nousia, Christina-Sophia Bartzokas, Aristides Milionis, Haralampos J Lolis, Christos Skevas, Antonios BMC Neurol Research Article BACKGROUND: Climatic or meteorological condition changes have been implicated in the pathogenesis of Bell's palsy (BP). We evaluate the influence of meteorological parameters, such as temperature, humidity, and atmospheric pressure, and their variation and covariation on the incidence of BP and present a review of the literature on the effect of meteorological conditions on facial nerve function. METHODS: A total of 171 cases of BP admitted to our Department over a five-year period were studied. The meteorological database included daily values of 13 distinct parameters recorded at the meteorological station of the University of Ioannina during this period. A relationship between each meteorological variable and the incidence of BP was investigated by applying (Χ(2)) test on data from 13 contingency tables. In addition, the influence of different weather types on the incidence of BP was also investigated. For this purpose Cluster Analysis was used to create eight clusters (weather types) for the Ioannina prefecture and (Χ(2)) test was applied on the contingency tables consisting of the days of BP cases for each cluster. RESULTS: No significant correlation was found either between BP and each distinct meteorological parameter or between BP and any specific weather. CONCLUSIONS: Meteorological conditions, such as those dominating in the Northwestern Greece, and/or their changes have little effect on the incidence of BP. Multicenter studies taking into account atmospheric pollution, and climatic differences between countries, are necessary to scrutinize the environmental effects on facial nerve function. BioMed Central 2001-12-05 /pmc/articles/PMC60999/ /pubmed/11737872 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2377-1-7 Text en Copyright © 2001 Danielides et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article: verbatim copying and redistribution of this article are permitted in all media for any purpose, provided this notice is preserved along with the article's original URL.
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Danielides, Vasilis
Patrikakos, George
Nousia, Christina-Sophia
Bartzokas, Aristides
Milionis, Haralampos J
Lolis, Christos
Skevas, Antonios
Weather conditions and Bell's palsy: five-year study and review of the literature
title Weather conditions and Bell's palsy: five-year study and review of the literature
title_full Weather conditions and Bell's palsy: five-year study and review of the literature
title_fullStr Weather conditions and Bell's palsy: five-year study and review of the literature
title_full_unstemmed Weather conditions and Bell's palsy: five-year study and review of the literature
title_short Weather conditions and Bell's palsy: five-year study and review of the literature
title_sort weather conditions and bell's palsy: five-year study and review of the literature
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC60999/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11737872
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2377-1-7
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