title: Clinical assessment of a new computerised objective method of measuring facial palsy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the results using a new computerised objective method of assessing the degree of facial palsy with the results obtained using traditional clinical methods.
  
  
  METHODS
  Prospective computerised pixel change analysis and clinical evaluation of videos.
  
  
  METHODS
  Tertiary referral centre.
  
  
  METHODS
  Subjects with varying degrees of unilateral facial palsy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Comparison of the results obtained from an objective computerised method, the Glasgow Facial Palsy Scale, with the standard subjective clinical methods of the House-Brackmann Scale, Yanagihara, Sunnybrook Grading Scales and the objective clinical Stennert-Limberg-Frentrup Scale.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Statistical analysis of the results from the objective computerised system indicated that there is an averagely strong correlation with the results from the House-Brackmann (Spearman's coefficient of 0.64), Sunnybrook (Pearson coefficient of 0.7) and Stennert-Limberg-Frentrup Scale (Pearson coefficient of 0.65), and it therefore has the ability to produce consistent results that agree with traditional clinical methods. It has a strong correlation with the Yanagihara Grading Scale (Pearson coefficient of 0.72) indicating that it may also have the ability to detect and record variations in the different regions of the face.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This new computerised objective method of assessing the degree of facial palsy shows promise as a standardised objective method of assessing the degree of facial palsy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology and Head-Neck Surgery, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary. kecskes.ent@gmail.com
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kecskés
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jóri
authors.forename: B F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: O'Reilly
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Viharos
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rovó
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D001330:Electronic Data Processing / Q000379:methods*; D005145:Face; D005152:Facial Muscles / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009460:Neurologic Examination / Q000379:methods*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014743:Videotape Recording; D055815:Young Adult