The impact of a rehabilitation program using exercise and physical therapy on the improvement of people with paraplegia of the face

Abstract

Facial paralysis is paralysis of one side of the face, usually after a microbial or viral injury or prolonged cold exposure, but may occur without apparent cause. The research aims to design a rehabilitation program using exercise and physiotherapy in the improvement of people with paraplegia of the fifth degree, and know its impact on the variables affected by the injury, including: Pain relief and calming, improvement in the speed of delivery of the seventh nerve to the facial muscles, and improvement in the strength of muscle contraction of the facial muscles, and speed.

The researchers used the experimental method, and the sample was chosen in a deliberate way, and the number of eight infected, randomly distributed into two groups: Experimental and control, each group containing four infected, and the program was applied to the experimental and control group, and used the traditional treatment program followed in the hospital. The most important means of data collection were: An electromayograph, a digital facial expression scale, and Chinese needles; To measure the nerve response speed, a stopwatch. The data was collected and statistically processed using the Statistical Program (SPSS).

The research reached several results, the most important of which is: The use of the proposed rehabilitation program containing rationed and varied therapeutic exercises, and some methods of physical therapy with regular drug treatment has a more effective positive effect in the treatment and rehabilitation of paralysis of one side of the face in the research variables.

At the end of the research, the researchers recommended the application of a diverse rehabilitation program (exercises, some methods of physical therapy, and drug therapy), and try to apply it in treatment and rehabilitation centers and institutions, and physical therapy centers in the rehabilitation of people with paralysis of one side of the face.