title: Physical therapy in peripheral facial paralysis: retrospective study.
abstract: Peripheral facial paralysis requires specialized treatment. Physical therapy aims at reestablishing facial movements. The aim of this study was to describe and to analyze physical therapy results for individuals with peripheral facial paralysis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective study.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective study was carried out at the University Hospital, authorized by the Statistics and Medical File Services, from 1999 to 2003. Data are presented in descriptive form with mean and median values for numeric variables and frequency for categorical variables.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Twenty-three files were analyzed during four years. Females predominated and the average age was of 32.3 years (SD+/-16.5); 14 idiopathic and five trauma cases; 12 with total motor deficit and 11 with partial motor deficit; in the 12 cases that underwent final evaluation, seven had partial and five had total recovery. The physical therapy program used was kinesiotherapy and patient education.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In this study, individuals were similar to individuals in other populations. They were treated with kinesiotherapy, as suggested by the scientific literature and recovered.
authors.affiliation: State University of Londrina, Londrina, Brazil.
authors.forename: Márcia Regina
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Garanhani
authors.forename: Jefferson
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rosa Cardoso
authors.forename: Jefferson Rosa
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Cardoso
authors.forename: Alessandra de Mello Guides
authors.initials: Ade M
authors.lastname: Capelli
authors.forename: Mara Claudia
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome