Table 7.
(d) A comparison of the electromyographic duration of the masseter, anterior temporalis and orbiculais oris muscles in the contracted state (right and left side) of Groups I, II, III and IV with the control group [multiple comparisons: Dunnett test (two-sided)]
| Side | Study group | Control group | Masseter |
Anterior temporalis |
Orbicularis oris |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean difference | p-value | Mean difference | p-value | Mean difference | p-value | |||
| Right side | I | Control | −1.44 | 0.252, NS, p > 0.05 | −1.24 | 0.381, NS, p > 0.05 | −1.70 | 0.27, NS, p > 0.05 |
| II | 1.34 | 0.316, NS, p > 0.05 | 0.77 | 0.772, NS, p > 0.05 | −0.99 | 0.74, NS, p > 0.05 | ||
| III | 0.80 | 0.750, NS, p > 0.05 | −1.52 | 0.205, NS, p > 0.05 | −1.48 | 0.39, NS, p > 0.05 | ||
| IV | −1.50 | 0.219, NS, p > 0.05 | 0.15 | 0.999, NS, p > 0.05 | −0.30 | 0.99, NS, p > 0.05 | ||
| Left side | I | Control | −1.79 | 0.116, NS, p > 0.05 | −0.62 | 0.875, NS, p > 0.05 | −1.94 | 0.12, NS, p > 0.05 |
| II | −0.26 | 0.995, NS, p > 0.05 | −0.02 | 1.000, NS, p > 0.05 | −1.35 | 0.42, NS, p > 0.05 | ||
| III | −1.15 | 0.476, NS, p > 0.05 | −0.47 | 0.950, NS, p > 0.05 | −1.12 | 0.59, NS, p > 0.05 | ||
| IV | −1.14 | 0.485, NS, p > 0.05 | −0.50 | 0.938, NS, p > 0.05 | −0.22 | 0.99, NS, p > 0.05 | ||
NS, not significant; S, significant.