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Objectives : This study was to investigate the effectiveness of thread-embedding therapy for the treatment of acute phase of Bell’s palsy. Methods : Thread-embedding therapy was performed once a week on 29 patients within 1 weeks after the onset. We investigated the general characters, Yanagihara's score, House－Brackmann scale and FDI were used to evaluate the effectiveness of thread-embedding therapy. Results : Facial muscle recovery began at 13.37th day, that was about 0.36 day earlier than the previous patients who were treated without thread-embedding therapy in 2017 at the same hospital, but there was no statistical significance. In the change of each scale before and after treatment, Yanagihara's score, House－Brackmann scale, physical function and social function of FDI were changed significantly. Compared with the patients treated without thread-embedding therapy in 2017, Yanagihara's score was a little higher and House－Brackmann scale was a little lower. Conclusions : These findings suggested that thread-embedding therapy on acute phase of Bell’s palsy was a little more effective than the conventional therapy without thread-embedding therapy.
