Table 5.
Statistical analysis of results from the clinical TMD examination and orthopaedic tests in test subjects of the control group (group N, n = 30 subjects) and the group of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (group RA, n = 30 patients).
| Examination parameter | Statistical test |
P values left |
P values right |
|---|---|---|---|
| TMJ palpation (lateral pole) | Fisher's exact test | 0.008 | 0.612 |
| TMJ palpation (intra-articular) | Fisher's exact test | 0.612 | 0.354 |
| TMJ clicking | Fisher's exact test | 0.731 | 1.0 |
| TMJ crepitus | Fisher's exact test | 0.001 | 0.002 |
| Muscle palpation | Mann-Whitney U test | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Static pain tests | Mann-Whitney U test | 0.001 | 0.012 |
| Compression tests | Mann-Whitney U test | 0.027 | 0.321 |
| Traction/translation tests | Mann-Whitney U test | 0.024 | 0.453 |