Emotional Perception and Production in Facial Palsy: Respiratory, Vocal and Facial Markers.

NCT ID: NCT03619720

Last Updated: 2020-08-14

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 60 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2018-08-11
• Study Completion Date: 2020-04-10

Brief Summary

Respiratory function, phonation and facial expressivity are related to emotional reaction through neurophysiological process. Specific emotional respiratory, vocal and facial patterns had been described in literature. Respiratory cycles variation is modulated by stimulus arousal. Furthermore, inspiratory-to-expiratory time ratio in abdominal area is modulated by emotional valence. Inextricably linked to respiration, vocal production depends on emotional arousal and valence too.

According to embodied cognition, the effector pattern of an emotion initiates the corresponding subjective activation. Facial recognition is influenced by automatic mimicry and facial feedback. Most facial feedback studies included patients with diplegia but few studies dealt with emotional perception in Bell's palsy.

The aim of the present study is to understand production and perception of emotion in Bell's palsy with respiratory, vocal and facial markers. What impact lack of mimicry have on physiological emotional reaction in Bell's palsy? To this end, prospective monocentric study will be conducted with 60 patients with Bell's Palsy from grade II to grade VI of House & Brackmann's scale. During production and perception of vocal and facial expression, respiratory rate and thoraco-abdominal movements will be analyzed. The investigators hypothesize that severity of facial deficit is negatively correlated with variation of respiratory cycles, lower segmental and suprasegmental changes during vocal expression, and lower facial perception (congruency and arousal).

Conditions

Facial Palsy

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: SCREENING
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Participants

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Records

Intervention Type: OTHER

Respiratory records, Vocal records Video records Questionnaires

Interventions

Records

Respiratory records, Vocal records Video records Questionnaires

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients affiliated to the health care system
• Patients must have been diagnosed with unilateral peripheral facial palsy stage III to VI, according to House and Brackmann international classification.
• To be able to read, understand and sign a consent
• To be able to understand French spoken and written

Exclusion Criteria

• Diplegia or facial graft
• Visual disorders, non corrected
• Respiratory or vocal disorders
• Psychiatric history
• Facial surgery

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Association pour le Développement et l'Organisation de la Recherche en Pneumologie et sur le Sommeil

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Peggy Gatignol

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Laboratoire de physiopathologie respiratoire, UMR_S 1158 INSERM/UPMC " Neurophysiologie Respiratoire Expérimentale et Clinique "

Locations

Laboratoire de Physiopathologie Respiratoire du Service de Pneumologie et de Réanimation

Paris, , France

Countries

France

Provided Documents

Document Type: Study Protocol and Statistical Analysis Plan

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Other Identifiers

2018-A01043-52

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id