Table 2.
Mobility evaluation of the mouth movements of the AA and sham AA groups pretreatment and posttreatment.
| Mouth movements | AA (n = 31) | Sham AA (n = 13) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pretreatment | Posttreatment | p ∗ | d | Pretreatment | Posttreatment | p ∗ | d | |
| (95% CI) | (95% CI) | |||||||
| Passive opening | 36.50 32.88–40.21 |
38.30 35.44–41.31 |
0.40 | 0.20 | 37.30 30.60–44.16 |
38.40 33.73–43.03 |
0.96 | 0.11 |
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| Maximum passive opening | 50.90 47.59–54.34 |
51.00 48.73–54.02 |
0.80 | 0.01 | 49.00 45.01–53.13 |
52.50 48.29–56.62 |
0.04∗ | 0.51 |
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| Maximum active opening | 47.60 44.51–50.72 |
47.00 44.28–50.12 |
0.90 | 0.08 | 46.30 41.45–51.16 |
49.50 46.86–52.05 |
0.07 | 0.46 |
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| Overlap | 3.50 2.81–4.21 |
3.40 2.51–4.37 |
0.60 | 0.05 | 5.40 4.11–6.80 |
4.20 2.51–5.94 |
0.19 | 0.47 |
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| Right lateral deviation | 8.40 6.98–9.84 |
8.20 7.19–9.63 |
0.70 | 0.06 | 7.50 5.48–9.59 |
9.20 8.01–10.44 |
0.12 | 0.57 |
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| Left lateral deviation | 8.70 7.71–9.73 |
7.86 6.99–8.80 |
0.10 | 0.34 | 7.40 5.41–9.50 |
8.50 7.34–9.58 |
0.30 | 0.37 |
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| Protrusion | 5.40 4.37–6.59 |
4.80 3.76–5.95 |
0.20 | 0.21 | 6.40 5.31–7.60 |
6.20 5.44–7.01 |
0.70 | 0.12 |
d: effect size; ∗Wilcoxon test.