title: [Mime functional evaluation in facial paralysis following a stroke].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Functional evaluation of the facial movements in patients with facial paralysis following a stroke.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the function of the facial muscles of patients after central facial paralysis following a stroke.
  
  
  METHODS
  Nine patients referred by the Neurology Service were evaluated. The evaluation focused on spontaneous, voluntary and reflex movements.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Reflex and voluntary movement of the eyelid and forehead were preserved in all patients. However, spontaneous and voluntary movements of the lips and nose were limited according to the location and extension of lesion.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The symptoms of central facial paralysis, in which paralysis only of voluntary movements of the lower two-thirds of the face is expected, occurred in the minority of the patients.
authors.affiliation: Fonoaudióloga, Mestranda em Distúrbio da Comunicação Humana pela Universidade Federal de São Paulo. calais@ig.com.br
authors.forename: Lucila Leal
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Calais
authors.forename: Maria Valéria Schmidt Goffi
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Gomez
authors.forename: Ricardo Ferreira
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Bento
authors.forename: Luiz Roberto
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Comerlatti
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005149:Facial Expression; D005152:Facial Muscles / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005154:Facial Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012018:Reflex / Q000502:physiology; D013070:Speech Therapy; D020521:Stroke / Q000503:physiopathology*