The psychosocial impact of facial palsy: a systematic review

M Hotton, E Huggons, C Hamlet… - British Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Facial palsy is a condition which can lead to significant changes in facial function
and appearance. People with facial palsy often report psychosocial difficulties, including …

The importance and psychology of facial expression

LE Ishii, JC Nellis, KD Boahene… - … Clinics of North …, 2018 - oto.theclinics.com
The human face is critical in social interactions, providing nonverbal cues regarding a
person's identity, race, sexual dimorphism, emotion, and overall health. 1 In the normal state …

Facial palsy‐specific quality of life in 920 patients: correlation with clinician‐graded severity and predicting factors

J Tavares‐Brito, MM van Veen… - The …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To investigate the correlation between facial palsy severity and quality of life in a
broad cohort of facial palsy patients and to elucidate factors that influence this relationship …

Quality of life in Bell's palsy: correlation with Sunnybrook and House‐Brackmann over time

N Bylund, M Hultcrantz, L Jonsson… - The Laryngoscope, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives To compare patient‐graded facial and social/well‐being function with physician‐
graded facial function in Bell's palsy over time. Study Design A prospective follow‐up study …

Multidisciplinary care of patients with facial palsy: treatment of 1220 patients in a German facial nerve center

J Steinhäuser, GF Volk, J Thielker, M Geitner… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - mdpi.com
To determine treatment and outcome in a tertiary multidisciplinary facial nerve center, a
retrospective observational study was performed of all patients referred between 2007 and …

Automated analysis of spontaneous eye blinking in patients with acute facial palsy or facial synkinesis

L Schuhmann, T Büchner, M Heinrich, GF Volk… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Although patients with facial palsy often complain of disturbed eye blinking which may lead
to visual impairment, a blinking analysis is not part of routine grading of facial palsy. Twenty …

[HTML][HTML] Face-to-face versus video assessment of facial paralysis: implications for telemedicine

JR Tan, S Coulson, M Keep - Journal of medical Internet research, 2019 - jmir.org
Background Patients with facial nerve paralysis (FNP) experience challenges in accessing
health care that could potentially be overcome by telemedicine. However, the reliability of …

Facial rehabilitation as noninvasive treatment for chronic facial nerve paralysis

E Karp, E Waselchuk, C Landis, J Fahnhorst… - Otology & …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of facial rehabilitation (FR) in
patients with chronic facial nerve paralysis (FNP) and describe factors that predict improved …

[HTML][HTML] Correlations between impairment, psychological distress, disability, and quality of life in peripheral facial palsy

U Díaz-Aristizabal, M Valdés-Vilches… - Neurología (English …, 2019 - Elsevier
Introduction This paper analyses the correlations between scores on scales assessing
impairment, psychological distress, disability, and quality of life in patients with peripheral …

Initial severity of motor and non-motor disabilities in patients with facial palsy: an assessment using patient-reported outcome measures

GF Volk, T Granitzka, H Kreysa, CM Klingner… - European Archives of …, 2017 - Springer
Patients with facial palsy (FP) not only suffer from their facial movement disorder, but also
from social and psychological disabilities. These can be assessed by patient-reported …