Clinical Trial

Combined Effects of Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF) and Neural Mobilization on Improving Facial Symmetry in Patients With Bells Palsy

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Summary
Bell's palsy is an acute,unilateral facial paresis that significantly affects patient's facial symmetry,motor function and quality of life.The primary goal of this randomized controlled trial is to determine if integrating the targeted neural mobilization with proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation improves facial symmetry and motor function more effectively than using pnf alone.participants allocated to either experimental group receiving neural mobilization and pnf or control group receiving pnf alone.after approval from ERC FUSH, participants are assessed using housebrackman scale and sunnybrook facial grading system(scales to asses the degree of severity of facial paralysis) at first and fourth week of intervention application.data will be analysed using spss v.22.
Trial Details
NCT Number NCT07758543
Lead Sponsor Foundation University Islamabad
Conditions Bell's Palsy, Facial Paralysis, Facial Asymmetry
Enrollment 38 participants
Start Date 2025-09-14
Primary Completion 2026-12-10 (estimated)
Study Completion 2027-01-10 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov 2026-08-11