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

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Topcu C., UYSAL H., ÖZKAN Ö., ÖZKAN Ö., POLAT Ö., Bedeloglu M., ...Daha Fazla

JOURNAL OF NEUROENGINEERING AND REHABILITATION, cilt.15, 2018 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 15
  • Basım Tarihi: 2018
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1186/s12984-018-0356-0
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF NEUROENGINEERING AND REHABILITATION
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: 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
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

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.