The Effects of Acupuncture on Peripheral Facial Palsy Sequelae after 20 Years via Electromyography

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• 作者：Saulo Fabrin¹ ; ^{saulo.fabrin@gmail.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Nayara Soares¹ ; Simone Cecilio Hallak Regalo² ; Edson Donizetti Verri¹
• 关键词：acupuncture ; electromyographic ; peripheral facial palsy ; sequelae ; stomatognathic
• 刊名：Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：October 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：8
• 期：5
• 页码：245-248
• 全文大小：210 K

文摘

This research used electromyography to evaluate the effects of acupuncture on facial palsy peripheral sequelae.

Methods

The 44-year-old woman who participated in this study presented sequelae resulting from 20 years of peripheral facial nerve palsy (FNP) on the right side and synkinesis in the left eye. In electromyography, the electrodes were positioned on the motor points over the orbicularis oris and the orbicularis oculi muscles to establish myofunctional feedback prior to and after rehabilitation, which consisted of 20-minute sessions of acupuncture once per week for 20 weeks: using manual stimulation at acupoints Yintang, LR3, GB21, CV17, ST2, ST3, ST6, ST7, GB2, and SI19; and Tou-Kuang-Min and ST4 using electrical stimulation with a 4-Hz pulsed current. The subjective pain intensities were recorded.

Results

The root-mean-square (RMS) electromyographic comparative analysis showed greater activation and recruitment of muscle fibers on the right side and a reduced overload on the left side, which promoted a functional evolution of movements and a positive response in the stomatognathic system.

Conclusion

Acupuncture associated with electrical stimulation reversed the peripheral facial paralysis in a short time. Severe sequelae were minimized due to the balance of muscle activation in response to the electrical stimulation provided by the acupuncture needles.