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Various Methods for Treatment of Bell's Palsy | ||
| Medical Journal of Babylon | ||
| Article 1, Volume 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 294-299 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Muhammad Abed H i n d y; Talal Abdul Samad | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Forty - five patients with Bell's palsy attending the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in Baghdad Teaching Hospital These patients were divided into three groups : The first group consisted of 15 patients and were treated with steroid ( 20 mg prednisolone /day for the first 10 days ) and physiotherapy ( galvanic stimulation , Facial exercises and massage ). The second group consisted of 15 patients and were treated by steroid only ( 20 mg prednisolone /day for the first 10 days). The third group consisted of an other 15 patients who were treated by physiotherapy only in the from of galvanic stimulation , facial exercises and facial message. All these groups were re- examined after 2 weeks , 1 month and 2 months and their responses to the treatment assessed clinically according to House-Breckmann grading system. The responses to the treatment were more evident in the first group than the second group and followed by third group. | ||
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