Combination of in-situ collagen injection and rehabilitative treatment in longlasting facial nerve palsy: a pilot randomized controlled trial.

CONCLUSIONS: The combination of physical rehabilitative procedures with in-situ collagen injections, possibly acting in redirecting the phenomena of reinnervation/reorganization, demonstrated encouraging results in patients affected by long term FP.
CLINICAL REHABILITATION IMPACT: In-situ collagen injection could be a safe option enlarging the 'window of opportunity' to improve the voluntary muscle contraction pattern and general and specific disability referred by patients affected by long standing FP.
PMID: 32667151 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine - July 14, 2020 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Micarelli A, Viziano A, Granito I, Antonuccio G, Felicioni A, Loberti M, Carlino P, Micarelli RX, Alessandrini M Tags: Eur J Phys Rehabil Med Source Type: research