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EFFECTİVENESS OF PULSED ULTRASOUND TREATMENT ON PATIENTS WITH BELL'S PALSY

NCT04412733 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 32

Last updated 2020-06-02

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Bell's palsy (idiopathic facial palsy) is the most common peripheral lesion of the cranial nerves and the most common mono-neuropathy. Therapeutic ultrasound (US) is among the commonly used physical modalities for treating musculoskeletal disorders. The effects of US are due to alteration of cell membrane activity, vascular wall permeability and facilitation of tissue healing. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of pulsed US treatment in patients with Bell's palsy when added to superficial heating, massage and exercise therapies.

Conditions

  • Bell Palsy

Interventions

DEVICE

Therapeutic Pulsed Ultrasound

Patients in pulsed ultrasound group received pulsed ultrasound treatment (frequency: 1000 kHz, intensity: 0.5w/cm2, on-off ratio: 1:2). Pulsed ultrasound treatment were applied with 5-cm2 head Enraf-Nonius Sonopuls 434 ultrasound device.

DEVICE

Sham Ultrasound

Control group received sham ultrasound treatment

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Meryem Yilmaz Kaysin, MD · Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-06-01
Primary Completion
2020-03-20
Completion
2020-03-20

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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