title: [Programme of criteria for clinical evaluation and assessment of therapeutic effects of peripheral facial paralysis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To establish perfect criteria for clinical evaluation and assessment of therapeutic effects of peripheral facial paralysis.
  
  
  METHODS
  With reference to relative evaluating criteria, and in combination with self-characteristics of TCM and functional characteristics of facial nerves, and via clinical repeated investigation and control evaluation, put forward a scale for peripheral facial nerve rating, criteria for facial nerve grading, criteria of syndrome types and criteria of assessment of therapeutic effects.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Clinical preliminary determination indicated that the assessment contents were characterized by rational reference, convenience and objectiveness.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The program can used as criteria for clinical evaluation and assessment of therapeutic effects, but it needs support of clinical effectiveness and determination of confidence, and multi-central studies.
authors.affiliation: Department of TCM, Acupuncture, Massage and Physiotherapy, The First Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050031, China. wangshengqiang57@163.com
authors.forename: Sheng-qiang
authors.initials: SQ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Ya-Ping
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.forename: Zi-chen
authors.initials: ZC
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005154:Facial Nerve / Q000502:physiology; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional