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. 2025 Jan;50(1):132-136.
doi: 10.1111/coa.14217. Epub 2024 Aug 31.

Normal Facial Function in the Sunnybrook Facial Grading System: Is the 100% Score too Restrictive?

Diane Picard  1 , Remi Hervochon  1 , Elodie Lannadere  1 , Cloe Cabos  1 , Loeiza Gourves  1 , Frederic Tankere  1 , Peggy Gatignol  1   2
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Normal Facial Function in the Sunnybrook Facial Grading System: Is the 100% Score too Restrictive?

Diane Picard et al. Clin Otolaryngol. 2025 Jan.
No abstract available

Keywords: facial palsy; facial symmetry; sunnybrook facial grading system.

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Figures

FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1
Sunnybrook Facial Grading System Total Score (SFGS‐Total score) distribution using violin plots. (A) SFGS‐Total score according to hemifaces reference. (B) SFGS‐Total score according to gender. (C) SFGS‐Total score according to age groups.
FIGURE 2
FIGURE 2
Correlation between SFGS‐Total scores and age of the participants. A. Right hemiface as reference. B. Left hemiface as reference.
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