Table 5. Correlations (CC) Between Temporomandibular Joint Parameters .
| Variables | Jaw Tightening Force (Right) | Mouth Opening | Fonseca’s Questionnaire | MRI (Right TMJ) |
MRI (Left TMJ) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaw tightening force (Left) | CC | 0.924 | 0.841 | -0.749 | -0.796 | -0.833 |
| P | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |
| Jaw tightening force (Right) | CC | 0.826 | -0.686 | -0.884 | -0.707 | |
| P | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||
| Mouth opening | CC | -0.569 | -0.651 | -0.610 | ||
| P | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |||
| Fonseca’ Questionnaire | CC | 0.679 | 0.856 | |||
| P | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||
| MRI (Right) | CC | 0.709 | ||||
| P | < 0.001 |
MRI: Magnetic resonance imaging; TMJ: Temporomandibular Joint.