Comparison of Motor Imagery Technique and Mime Therapy on Facial Expressions in Facial Palsy Patients

All the subjects carried out the treatment process for a total of 3 months. During this treatment duration, the sessions were administered 3 times per week for 45 minutes, depending upon the subject's ability to focus and tiredness. The patients were mentioned to play out the emotional facial appearances for non-verbal correspondence i-e pleasure, misery, interest, appall, dread, irritation and shock. Patients were then requestedto envision himself winking, for instance, envisioning himself in a wonderful and natural social setting, at that point the patient cognitively addresses, with his eyes shut, the movement of decaying the recognized central issues, without creating any specific movement.

All the subjects carried out the treatment process for a total of 3 months. During this treatment duration, the sessions were administered 3 times per week for 45 minutes, depending upon the subject's ability to focus and tiredness. Mime treatment incorporates self kneading of face and neck, breathing and relaxation works out, activities to synchronize the two sides and diminish synkinesis and for eye and lip closure per the myofascial way to deal with recovery, letter and word practices and expressive activities.