Table 1. Spearman’s correlation coefficients for the electromyographic activities of the in masticatory muscles and the degree of TMD severity.
Rest | Isotonic contraction | Isometric contraction | ||||||||||
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LM | LT | RM | RT | LM | LT | RM | RT | LM | LT | RM | RT | |
Mild | 0.36 | −0.5 | 0.46 | −0.44 | 0.07 | 0.21 | 0.01 | −0.01 | 0.01 | 0.13 | −0.08 | −0.05 |
Moderate | 0.23 | 0.18 | 0.15 | −0.36 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.11 | −0.37 | −0.08 | 0.04 |
Severe | 0.7 | 0.54 | 0.65 | 0.21 | 0.43 | 0.81* | 0.05 | 0.81* | 0.32 | 0.65 | 0.32 | 0.76* |
*Statistically significant difference p < 0.05