Prognostic value of the Blink reflex test in Bellâ??s palsy in a tertiary care hospital
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: G510- Bells palsy
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2022/10/046607
- Lead Sponsor
- SELF
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
all patients with unilateral Bellsâ?? palsy presenting within 14 days on onset in
neurology OPD
2) patients fulfilling clinical criteria for diagnosis of Bells palsy clinically as LMN facial
nerve palsy
3) patients between the age of 18-70 years
Exclusion Criteria
1) Patients with facial nerve palsy due to temporal bone fracture, multiple sclerosis, trauma, tumor, stroke
2) patients with iatrogenic facial nerve paralysis,
3) patients with Otitis media, Ramsay-Hunt syndrome
4) patients diagnosed with Polyneuropathy like Guillainâ??Barre syndrome
5) patients with history of Recurrent Bells palsy
6) Pregnant and lactating women will be excluded from the study
7) patients with Hemifacial spasm
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method EVALUATE ROLE OF BLINK REFLEX AND FACIAL NERVE <br/ ><br>CONDUCTION IN PREDICTION IN OUTCOME OF BELLS PALSYTimepoint: follow up after 6 weeks
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method CLINICAL PROFILE AND OUTCOME OF BELLâ??S PALSY PATIENTS <br/ ><br>WITH BLINK REFLEX AND ELECTRONEUROGRAPHY and FACIAL NERVE EXCITABILITYTimepoint: follow up after 6 weeks