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Assessment of Emotional Expressions after Full-Face Transplantation
Joint Authors
Topçu, Çağdaş
Uysal, Hilmi
Özkan, Ömer
Özkan, Özlenen
Polat, Övünç
Bedeloğlu, Merve
Akgül, Arzu
Döğer, Ela Naz
Sever, Refik
Barçın, Nur Ebru
Tombak, Kadriye
Çolak, Ömer Halil
Source
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-06-21
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
We assessed clinical features as well as sensory and motor recoveries in 3 full-face transplantation patients.
A frequency analysis was performed on facial surface electromyography data collected during 6 basic emotional expressions and 4 primary facial movements.
Motor progress was assessed using the wavelet packet method by comparison against the mean results obtained from 10 healthy subjects.
Analyses were conducted on 1 patient at approximately 1 year after face transplantation and at 2 years after transplantation in the remaining 2 patients.
Motor recovery was observed following sensory recovery in all 3 patients; however, the 3 cases had different backgrounds and exhibited different degrees and rates of sensory and motor improvements after transplant.
Wavelet packet energy was detected in all patients during emotional expressions and primary movements; however, there were fewer active channels during expressions in transplant patients compared to healthy individuals, and patterns of wavelet packet energy were different for each patient.
Finally, high-frequency components were typically detected in patients during emotional expressions, but fewer channels demonstrated these high-frequency components in patients compared to healthy individuals.
Our data suggest that the posttransplantation recovery of emotional facial expression requires neural plasticity.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Topçu, Çağdaş& Uysal, Hilmi& Özkan, Ömer& Özkan, Özlenen& Polat, Övünç& Bedeloğlu, Merve…[et al.]. 2017. Assessment of Emotional Expressions after Full-Face Transplantation. Neural Plasticity،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1193314
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Topçu, Çağdaş…[et al.]. Assessment of Emotional Expressions after Full-Face Transplantation. Neural Plasticity No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1193314
American Medical Association (AMA)
Topçu, Çağdaş& Uysal, Hilmi& Özkan, Ömer& Özkan, Özlenen& Polat, Övünç& Bedeloğlu, Merve…[et al.]. Assessment of Emotional Expressions after Full-Face Transplantation. Neural Plasticity. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1193314
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1193314