Ref (type)	Population	Outcome, Interventions	Results and statistical analysis	Effect size	Favours
Time to recovery
Systematic review	90 people with uncertain duration of Bell's palsy Data from 1 RCT	Mean time to beginning of recovery (weeks) with exercises with conventional treatment Absolute results not reported	Mean difference –0.59 weeks 95% CI –1.01 to –0.17 weeks	Effect size not calculated	exercises
Systematic review	90 people with uncertain duration of Bell's palsy Data from 1 RCT	Mean time to complete recovery (weeks) with exercises with conventional treatment Absolute results not reported	Mean difference –0.91 weeks 95% CI –1.49 to –0.34 weeks P = 0.01	Effect size not calculated	exercises