[Mime functional evaluation in facial paralysis following a stroke].
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.
Calais
Lucila Leal
LL
Fonoaudióloga, Mestranda em Distúrbio da Comunicação Humana pela Universidade Federal de São Paulo. calais@ig.com.br
Gomez
Maria Valéria Schmidt Goffi
MV
Bento
Ricardo Ferreira
RF
Comerlatti
Luiz Roberto
LR
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*