Table 1.
Pre-treatment and post-treatment MDF in right temporal (RT), right masseter (RM), left temporal (LT) and left masseter (LM) during maximum voluntary clenching in different groups (Wilcoxon signed rank test)
| MG | COSG | MCOSG | SOSG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RT | Pre | 181.9 [136.2-201.4] | 188.7 [169.9-213.6] | 189,5 [140.9-203.1] | 159.7 [157.7-173.6] |
| Post | 173.1 [133.3-189.5] | 195.8 [182.9-210.1] | 198.0 [138.4-206.1] | 168.7 [156.5-180.2] | |
| p | 0.65 | 0.69 | 0.73 | 0.44 | |
| RM | Pre | 170.9 [150.9-185.5] | 151.6 [116.9-168,9] | 142.8 [116.8-182.1] | 156.5 [130.6-177.5] |
| Post | 155.3 [113.3-187.3] | 160.4 [135.7-183,8] | 149.2 [120.4-177.2] | 148.7 [121.3-167.5] | |
| p | 0.22 | 1.00 | 0.86 | 0.91 | |
| LT | Pre | 178.7 [152.3-188.2] | 194.8 [158.9-206.8] | 176.1 [143.6-193.8] | 156.7 [122.1-188.2] |
| Post | 168.7 [147.2-199.7] | 193.4 [158.4-206.3] | 183.4 [136.4-196.9] | 170.4 [145.5-208.7] | |
| p | 0.82 | 0.91 | 0.36 | 0.60 | |
| LM | Pre | 157.5 [140,6-169.4] | 145.8 [120.8-169.4] | 142.1 [118.2-171.6] | 135.0 [117.4-158.0] |
| Post | 142.3 [123.5-170.4] | 154.3 [122.3-179.7] | 152.6 [124.3-157.5] | 143.8 [90.09-155.8] | |
| p | 0.60 | 0.67 | 0.82 | 0.15 |
MG: massage therapy group; COSG: conventional occlusal splint group; MCOSG: massage therapy + conventional occlusal splint group; SOSG: silicone occlusal splint group.