Table 4.
Correlations between kinematic variables and age-equivalent scores of BDI-2 subtests
| Variable | Receptive Communication |
Expressive Communication |
Attention & Memory |
Perception & Concepts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | .09 | .20* | .21* | .11 |
| Jaw Opening Speed | .29* | .30* | .30* | .34** |
| Jaw Closing Speed | .37** | .36** | .39** | .35** |
| Jaw R.O.M. | .10 | .13 | .11 | .19 |
| LL Opening Speed | .31* | .30* | .29* | .28* |
| LL Closing Speed | .51** | .54** | .45** | .41** |
| LL R.O.M. | .35* | .41** | .26* | .37* |
| UL Opening Speed | .24* | .24* | .13 | .15 |
| UL Closing Speed | .24* | .22* | .17 | .19 |
| UL R.O.M. | .18 | .21* | .05 | .18 |
*
p < .05
**
p < .001
LL = lower lip, UL = upper lip, R.O.M. = range of movement
Positive correlations associated with higher values for female participants