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A Telerehabilitation Approach to Chronic Facial Paralysis in the COVID-19 Pandemic Scenario: What Role for Electromyography Assessment?
There is a lack of data on patient and diagnostic factors for prognostication of complete recovery in patients with peripheral facial palsy. Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate the role of a telerehabilitave enhancement through the description of a case report with the use of short-wave diat...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8949994/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35330496 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jpm12030497 |
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author | de Sire, Alessandro Marotta, Nicola Agostini, Francesco Drago Ferrante, Vera Demeco, Andrea Ferrillo, Martina Inzitari, Maria Teresa Pellegrino, Raffaello Russo, Ilaria Ozyemisci Taskiran, Ozden Bernetti, Andrea Ammendolia, Antonio |
author_facet | de Sire, Alessandro Marotta, Nicola Agostini, Francesco Drago Ferrante, Vera Demeco, Andrea Ferrillo, Martina Inzitari, Maria Teresa Pellegrino, Raffaello Russo, Ilaria Ozyemisci Taskiran, Ozden Bernetti, Andrea Ammendolia, Antonio |
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description | There is a lack of data on patient and diagnostic factors for prognostication of complete recovery in patients with peripheral facial palsy. Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate the role of a telerehabilitave enhancement through the description of a case report with the use of short-wave diathermy and neuromuscular electrical stimulation combined to facial proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) rehabilitation in unrecovered facial palsy, in a COVID-19 pandemic scenario describing a paradigmatic telerehabilitation report. A 43-year-old woman underwent a facial rehabilitation plan consisting of a synergistic treatment with facial PNF rehabilitation, short-wave diathermy, and neuromuscular electrical stimulation (12 sessions lasting 45 min, three sessions/week for 4 weeks). Concerning the surface electromyography evaluation of frontal and orbicularis oris muscles, the calculated ratio between amplitude of the palsy side and normal side showed an improvement in terms of movement symmetry. At the end of the outpatient treatment, a daily telerehabilitation protocol with video and teleconsultation was provided, showing a further improvement in the functioning of a woman suffering from unresolved facial paralysis. Therefore, an adequate telerehabilitation follow-up seems to play a fundamental role in the management of patients with facial palsy. |
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spelling | pubmed-89499942022-03-26 A Telerehabilitation Approach to Chronic Facial Paralysis in the COVID-19 Pandemic Scenario: What Role for Electromyography Assessment? de Sire, Alessandro Marotta, Nicola Agostini, Francesco Drago Ferrante, Vera Demeco, Andrea Ferrillo, Martina Inzitari, Maria Teresa Pellegrino, Raffaello Russo, Ilaria Ozyemisci Taskiran, Ozden Bernetti, Andrea Ammendolia, Antonio J Pers Med Case Report There is a lack of data on patient and diagnostic factors for prognostication of complete recovery in patients with peripheral facial palsy. Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate the role of a telerehabilitave enhancement through the description of a case report with the use of short-wave diathermy and neuromuscular electrical stimulation combined to facial proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) rehabilitation in unrecovered facial palsy, in a COVID-19 pandemic scenario describing a paradigmatic telerehabilitation report. A 43-year-old woman underwent a facial rehabilitation plan consisting of a synergistic treatment with facial PNF rehabilitation, short-wave diathermy, and neuromuscular electrical stimulation (12 sessions lasting 45 min, three sessions/week for 4 weeks). Concerning the surface electromyography evaluation of frontal and orbicularis oris muscles, the calculated ratio between amplitude of the palsy side and normal side showed an improvement in terms of movement symmetry. At the end of the outpatient treatment, a daily telerehabilitation protocol with video and teleconsultation was provided, showing a further improvement in the functioning of a woman suffering from unresolved facial paralysis. Therefore, an adequate telerehabilitation follow-up seems to play a fundamental role in the management of patients with facial palsy. MDPI 2022-03-19 /pmc/articles/PMC8949994/ /pubmed/35330496 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jpm12030497 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Case Report de Sire, Alessandro Marotta, Nicola Agostini, Francesco Drago Ferrante, Vera Demeco, Andrea Ferrillo, Martina Inzitari, Maria Teresa Pellegrino, Raffaello Russo, Ilaria Ozyemisci Taskiran, Ozden Bernetti, Andrea Ammendolia, Antonio A Telerehabilitation Approach to Chronic Facial Paralysis in the COVID-19 Pandemic Scenario: What Role for Electromyography Assessment? |
title | A Telerehabilitation Approach to Chronic Facial Paralysis in the COVID-19 Pandemic Scenario: What Role for Electromyography Assessment? |
title_full | A Telerehabilitation Approach to Chronic Facial Paralysis in the COVID-19 Pandemic Scenario: What Role for Electromyography Assessment? |
title_fullStr | A Telerehabilitation Approach to Chronic Facial Paralysis in the COVID-19 Pandemic Scenario: What Role for Electromyography Assessment? |
title_full_unstemmed | A Telerehabilitation Approach to Chronic Facial Paralysis in the COVID-19 Pandemic Scenario: What Role for Electromyography Assessment? |
title_short | A Telerehabilitation Approach to Chronic Facial Paralysis in the COVID-19 Pandemic Scenario: What Role for Electromyography Assessment? |
title_sort | telerehabilitation approach to chronic facial paralysis in the covid-19 pandemic scenario: what role for electromyography assessment? |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8949994/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35330496 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jpm12030497 |
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