Hallym University Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital Opens Korea's Only Facial Rehabilitation Evaluation Room
May 08, 2025
On the 7th, Hallym University Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital (Hospital Director Han Sung-woo) opened the only facial rehabilitation evaluation room in Korea on the second floor of the main building.
According to statistics from the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service, the number of facial nerve palsy patients in Korea has increased 41% over the past decade from 69,226 in 2014 to 97,941 last year. Although the number of facial nerve palsy patients suffering from such large and small disorders is steadily increasing, there was no facial evaluation room in Korea to accurately measure this.
Accordingly, Hallym University Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital opened a facial rehabilitation evaluation room to accurately evaluate the function of facial muscles and provide appropriate treatment for patients with facial paralysis or facial disorders. The facial rehabilitation evaluation room consists of Professor Kim Jin of otolaryngology, an authority in the field of facial nerve paralysis, and three physiotherapists specializing in facial (Won Yong-joo, Kim Woo-sik, and Park Ji-sung).
The function of facial muscles and facial nerves was difficult to accurately evaluate because the measurement results could vary depending on the conditions of the examiner or instrument. Accordingly, the facial rehabilitation evaluation room at Hallym University Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital introduced a surface electromyography device that attaches electrodes to the skin's surface to check even fine muscle conditions, and objectively evaluates the mobility and function of facial muscles and facial nerves through a motion analysis dynamic electromyography test. This test can obtain quantitative data by precisely evaluating the function of muscles among various movements, and based on this, a rehabilitation plan suitable for the patient's condition can be established.
The Facial Rehabilitation Evaluation Room comprehensively evaluates the strength, duration, various characteristics and construction patterns of combined exercise, social and instinctive perception evaluation of facial disorders, left and right dynamic symmetry, strength of facial tightening, and muscle patterns of facial aging with these measurements.
Professor Kim Jin said, `While Korea has developed to a high level of beauty, plastic surgery, surgery, cosmetics, and equipment due to great interest in faces, patients with facial paralysis and facial disorders often receive inappropriate treatment because they have no place to receive proper evaluation and rehabilitation treatment.' `It is expected that the facial rehabilitation evaluation room of Hallym University Dongtan Heart Hospital will be opened to accurately evaluate facial paralysis and facial disorders and receive appropriate treatment.'
According to statistics from the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service, the number of facial nerve palsy patients in Korea has increased 41% over the past decade from 69,226 in 2014 to 97,941 last year. Although the number of facial nerve palsy patients suffering from such large and small disorders is steadily increasing, there was no facial evaluation room in Korea to accurately measure this.
Accordingly, Hallym University Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital opened a facial rehabilitation evaluation room to accurately evaluate the function of facial muscles and provide appropriate treatment for patients with facial paralysis or facial disorders. The facial rehabilitation evaluation room consists of Professor Kim Jin of otolaryngology, an authority in the field of facial nerve paralysis, and three physiotherapists specializing in facial (Won Yong-joo, Kim Woo-sik, and Park Ji-sung).
The function of facial muscles and facial nerves was difficult to accurately evaluate because the measurement results could vary depending on the conditions of the examiner or instrument. Accordingly, the facial rehabilitation evaluation room at Hallym University Dongtan Sacred Heart Hospital introduced a surface electromyography device that attaches electrodes to the skin's surface to check even fine muscle conditions, and objectively evaluates the mobility and function of facial muscles and facial nerves through a motion analysis dynamic electromyography test. This test can obtain quantitative data by precisely evaluating the function of muscles among various movements, and based on this, a rehabilitation plan suitable for the patient's condition can be established.
The Facial Rehabilitation Evaluation Room comprehensively evaluates the strength, duration, various characteristics and construction patterns of combined exercise, social and instinctive perception evaluation of facial disorders, left and right dynamic symmetry, strength of facial tightening, and muscle patterns of facial aging with these measurements.
Professor Kim Jin said, `While Korea has developed to a high level of beauty, plastic surgery, surgery, cosmetics, and equipment due to great interest in faces, patients with facial paralysis and facial disorders often receive inappropriate treatment because they have no place to receive proper evaluation and rehabilitation treatment.' `It is expected that the facial rehabilitation evaluation room of Hallym University Dongtan Heart Hospital will be opened to accurately evaluate facial paralysis and facial disorders and receive appropriate treatment.'
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
