A Prospective Randomised Controlled Study on Efficacies of Acupuncture and Steroid in Treatment of Idiopathic Peripheral Facial Paralysis
| العنوان: | A Prospective Randomised Controlled Study on Efficacies of Acupuncture and Steroid in Treatment of Idiopathic Peripheral Facial Paralysis |
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| المؤلفون: | Fu Man Tong, Patrick Yiu Bong Chan, Angela Ng, Alex Kam Wah Wong, Wing Shan Chan, Geoffrey Chan, Shun Kit Chow, Chi Keung Law, Rebecca Ka Wah Ng, Sambo Shuk Ying Wan |
| المصدر: | Acupuncture in Medicine. 27:169-173 |
| بيانات النشر: | SAGE Publications, 2009. |
| سنة النشر: | 2009 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Adult, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Adolescent, Acupuncture Therapy, Severity of Illness Index, law.invention, Young Adult, Randomized controlled trial, law, Severity of illness, Bell Palsy, Acupuncture, medicine, Humans, Prospective Studies, Young adult, Prospective cohort study, Glucocorticoids, Nose, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Analysis of Variance, Palsy, business.industry, General Medicine, Middle Aged, Facial nerve, Surgery, Facial Nerve, Treatment Outcome, medicine.anatomical_structure, Complementary and alternative medicine, Anesthesia, Female, Neurology (clinical), business |
| الوصف: | Objective A randomised controlled trial was undertaken to evaluate the efficacy of acupuncture in comparison with steroid in treatment of idiopathic peripheral facial paralysis (Bell's palsy). Methods A total of 119 patients attending Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic of Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital from February 2003 to December 2005 were randomly allocated to groups of acupuncture, steroid and control (conventional expectant treatment). There were 53 in the steroid group, 28 in the acupuncture group and 38 in the control group. Patients were assessed weekly by blinded assessors, using the House–Brackmann facial nerve grading system. Results The efficacy of treatment in three groups was compared, in terms of degree of recovery and speed of recovery. Intention-to-treat analyses were performed. Results were analysed with SPSS software. Distribution of initial grade on presentation was analysed with the Pearson chi-square test and showed uneven distribution in the three groups in the intention-to-treat analysis. The overall improvement (grade 3 or better) was 86.9% in the steroid group, 96.4% in the acupuncture group and 89.5% in the control group respectively. However, the difference in degree of recovery and speed of recovery in the three groups was not statistically significant. Conclusion The efficacies of acupuncture, steroid and conventional expectant treatment (natural course of recovery) in idiopathic peripheral facial palsy (Bell's palsy) in the study were the same with respect to the degree of recovery and speed of recovery. |
| تدمد: | 1759-9873 0964-5284 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::125c029d684e9691c2bbce953565f73fTest https://doi.org/10.1136/aim.2009.000638Test |
| حقوق: | CLOSED |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....125c029d684e9691c2bbce953565f73f |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 17599873 09645284 |
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