Recovery of facial expressions using functional electrical stimulation after full-face transplantation
JOURNAL OF NEUROENGINEERING AND REHABILITATION, vol.15, 2018 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 15
- Publication Date: 2018
- Doi Number: 10.1186/s12984-018-0356-0
- Journal Name: JOURNAL OF NEUROENGINEERING AND REHABILITATION
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Keywords: Full-face transplantation, emotional expressions, rehabilitation, functional electrical stimulation, surface electromyography, fuzzy entropy, complexity, FUZZY APPROXIMATE ENTROPY, HEMIFACIAL SPASM, EMG SIGNALS, FOLLOW-UP, ALLOTRANSPLANTATION, REHABILITATION, COMPLEXITY, PARALYSIS, STROKE, NERVE
- Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
- Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes
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.