Table 1.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

SELECTION CRITERIA
Inclusion criteria:
- Chronic and stable unilateral peripheral facial paresis, i.e., more than one year since the onset of the symptom, whatever its cause
- Age ≥ 18
- Outpatient
- Sufficient motivation level to participate in a 6-month facial rehabilitation program, based on the opinion of the investigator
- Signed consent
- Medically insured
Exclusion criteria:
- Evolving tumor causing the peripheral facial paresis
- Facial botulinum toxin injection less than six months before enrollment in the study, or planned during the study period
- Facial surgery less than two years before enrollment into the study or planned during the study period
- V-VII or XII-VII anastomosis or muscle transfer prior to enrollment into the study or planned during the study
- Nonsurgical aesthetic treatments – hyaluronic acid / lipofilling / laser / tensor thread – less than two years before enrollment in the study or planned during the study period
- Recurrent facial paresis
- Participation in another interventional research protocol on the face (aesthetic, rehabilitative, or surgical)
- Intercurrent disorder that could hinder the ability to participate in the rehabilitation program
- Preexisting cognitive, mental or psychological disorder preventing participation in the rehabilitation program or in the follow-up assessments, based on the opinion of the investigator
- Patient under legal protection