Recovery of facial expressions using functional electrical stimulation after full-face transplantation.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:We assessed the recovery of 2 face transplantation patients with measures of complexity during neuromuscular rehabilitation. Cognitive rehabilitation methods and functional electrical stimulation were used to improve facial emotional expressions of full-face transplantation patients for 5 months. Rehabilitation and analyses were conducted at approximately 3 years after full facial transplantation in the patient group. We report complexity analysis of surface electromyography signals of these two patients in comparison to the results of 10 healthy individuals. METHODS:Facial surface electromyography data were collected during 6 basic emotional expressions and 4 primary facial movements from 2 full-face transplantation patients and 10 healthy individuals to determine a strategy of

SUBMITTER: Topcu C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5840782 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature