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July 23, 2026Open Access

Effect of Nerve Mobilization of The Facial Nerve on Patients with Bell's Palsy

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MMuskanALArora LalitARARORA REENA

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Overview

Randomized trial evaluates nerve mobilization's impact on facial symmetry in Bell's palsy, suggesting its effectiveness as an adjunct therapy.

Key Points

  • To evaluate the effect of facial nerve mobilization compared to conventional physiotherapy in improving facial symmetry and synkinesis severity in acute Bell's palsy patients.
  • 30 patients aged 18-60 with unilateral Bell's palsy were included.
  • Patients were randomly assigned to either nerve mobilization or placebo groups, receiving 18 sessions over 6 weeks.
  • Assessments were made using the Sunnybrook Facial Grading System and Synkinesis Assessment Questionnaire at 3 and 6 weeks.
  • Both groups showed significant improvements in facial symmetry and synkinesis severity (p < 0.05).
  • Group A (nerve mobilization) showed significantly greater improvement compared to Group B.
  • Results indicated that nerve mobilization may enhance recovery more effectively than conventional physiotherapy alone.

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Muskan et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a61afe0faa9903c5116a900https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21470784
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