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Tratamiento combinado de campo magnético, láser, masaje y ejercicio en la parálisis facial periférica idiopática
M. D. Castillo, M. S. del Rio, A. D. García, G. P. Winter, I. G. Aguilera
Combined treatment of magnetic field, laser, massage and exercise in idiopathic peripheral facial paralysis
Fisioterapia, 34(3):99-104, 2012
Introduction: The different criteria regarding the use of physical agents in peripheral facial paralysis has fostered the performance of various investigations that make it possible to propose new treatment alternatives, such as the use of new physical agents that have proven effective in other conditions with similarity to pathogenesis. Current treatments are aimed at accelerating improvement and increasing the number of people who recovered.
Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness that the low frequency electromagnetic field and low level laser therapy would have in patients with idiopathic peripheral facial paralysis with less than one week’s evolution from the initiation of the symptoms, without previous physiotherapy.
Methods: A prospective, experimental, randomized, controlled single blind study was conducted in the Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery (INN) in Havana, in a period between January 2009 and January 2011.
Results: Patients were evaluated at baseline, one month and three months of treatment, after which faster recovery was verified in the experimental group compared to the control group at one month (P=.004075) and (Z = 2.87232) and at three months (P=.007859) and (Z = 2.65810).
Conclusions: The patients who received combined therapy, magnetic field, laser, massage and exercise had a faster recovery than the group that received massage and exercise alone. This collaborates that the proposed therapy is effective in patients with idiopathic peripheral facial paralysis.