ABSTRACT
Purpose
To identify and to analyze researches about facial esthetic logopedics in Brazil.
Research strategy
Literature review was performed in LILACS, MEDLINE and SciELO database.
Selection criteria
Full studies between 2001 and 2015 were included.
Results
Six studies published between 2002 and 2012 were found in one scientific periodic, which 4 were published in the last 5 years. Most studies had as sample women (n=4; 66.67%) in middle age (n=4; 66.67%), and sessions once a week (n=3; 50%) using isometric exercises (n=3; 50%).
Conclusion
Publication about esthetic logopedics is increasing, but the available studies have low methodologic quality, restrict number of participants, heterogeneity, and incomplete procedures description. Therefore, the lack of high level evidence data does not allow the effectiveness analysis of the procedures and applicability of clinical findings.
Exercise therapy; Esthetics; Physiological phenomena; Muscle, Skeletal; Physiology
