The Contribution of Surface Electromyographic Assessment for Defining the Stage of Peripheral Facial Paralysis: Flaccid or Sequelae Stage.

 Surface electromyographic activity may not be symmetric, even in subjects with no facial paralysis history.  To evaluate the contribution of the index of electromyographic (IEMG) activity in the identification of the two extremes of the facial paralysis course.  Thirty-four subjects with unilateral peripheral facial paralysis were selected.

Functional profile in patients with facial paralysis treated in a myofunctional approach.

Background: Clinical rehabilitation of peripheral facial paralysis (PFP).

Aim: To delineate the contributions of myofunctional exercises during the flaccid phase of the disorder, before any sequelae.

Method: 147 promptuaries of patients with facial paralysis were analyzed and divided in two groups according to the period in which rehabilitation began.