Facial Grading System
Original Editor - Wendy Walker
Lead Editors
Introduction[edit | edit source]
The Facial Grading System [FGS] is also known as the Sunnybrook Facial Grading System as it was devised and established at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto. The clinicians who developed the FGS intended to create a measure which provided a quantitative score for reporting purposes, which would be sensitive enough to detect clinically important change over time or with treatment[1].
Objective[edit | edit source]
The Facial Grading System is a tool used for clinical evaluation of Facial Nerve function. The scale scores range of movement of the facial muscles, and records the score as a % where full range movement = 100%.
Intended Population[edit | edit source]
The FGS is intended for use on people with Facial Palsy irrespective of the cause of the facial palsy or weakness.
- ↑ Ross BG, Fradet G, Nedzelski JM. Development of a sensitive clinical facial grading system Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1996 Mar:114(3):380-6
