Table 3.
Pretreatment and posttreatment comparison of the tender points of the AA and sham AA groups based on the RDC/TMDs and the electromyographic activity of the trapezius muscle.
| Points | AA (n = 31) | Sham AA (n = 13) | Intergroup | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pretreatment | Posttreatment | p | d | Pretreatment | Posttreatment | p | d | Before (p) |
After (p) |
|
| (95% CI) | (95% CI) | |||||||||
| Right temporal | ||||||||||
| A | 1.20 0.47–1.93 |
0.93 0.24–1.62 |
0.45 | 0.15 | 1.34 0.04–2.72 |
1.77 0.98–2.55 |
0.51 | 0.22 | 0.64 | 0.01 |
| M | 1.00 0.20–1.79 |
0.86 0.17–1.54 |
0.57 | 0.67 | 0.85 −0.07–1.76 |
1.08 0.44–1.70 |
0.76 | 0.17 | 0.79 | 0.16 |
| P | 0.96 0.28–1.64 |
0.86 0.17–1.54 |
0.66 | 0.06 | 0.85 −0.07–1.76 |
0.77 0.15–1.38 |
0.74 | 0.06 | 0.95 | 0.60 |
| Left temporal | ||||||||||
| A | 1.00 0.14–1.85 |
0.76 0.21–1.30 |
0.51 | 0.12 | 2.15 0.65–3.65 |
1.23 0.61–1.84 |
0.20 | 0.41 | 0.03 | 0.07 |
| M | 0.93 0.19–1.66 |
0.82 0.27–1.37 |
0.54 | 0.06 | 1.00 0.07–1.92 |
1.31 0.40–2.21 |
0.32 | 0.21 | 0.40 | 0.20 |
| P | 0.76 0.02–1.49 |
0.75 0.21–1.30 |
0.93 | 0.01 | 1.15 0.23–2.07 |
0.92 2.29–1.55 |
0.53 | 0.17 | 0.09 | 0.34 |
| Right masseter | ||||||||||
| O | 2.96 1.99–3.93 |
1.69 0.90–2.47 |
0.06 | 0.54 | 2.38 0.99–3.77 |
1.85 0.83–2.85 |
0.32 | 0.26 | 0.50 | 0.48 |
| B | 2.58 1.73–3.43 |
1.62 0.85–2.38 |
0.10 | 0.45 | 3.08 1.48–4.66 |
2.23 1.15–3.31 |
0.37 | 0.37 | 0.60 | 0.20 |
| I | 1.58 0.68–2.48 |
1.00 0.44–1.55 |
0.29 | 0.23 | 4.08 2.52–5.62 |
1.70 0.63–2.75 |
0.01∗ | 1.05 | <0.01 | 0.17 |
| Left masseter | ||||||||||
| O | 3.10 2.01–4.19 |
1.96 1.16–2.76 |
0.08 | 0.44 | 1.92 0.51–3.32 |
2.31 1.06–3.55 |
0.51 | 0.18 | 0.22 | 0.55 |
| B | 2.72 1.77–3.67 |
2.10 1.26–2.93 |
0.25 | 0.26 | 2.31 1.06–3.55 |
2.08 0.96–3.19 |
0.68 | 0.12 | 0.71 | 0.95 |
| I | 1.58 0.63–2.53 |
1.76 0.78–2.73 |
0.82 | 0.07 | 3.54 2.10–4.96 |
2.61 1.52–3.70 |
0.17 | 0.43 | <0.01 | 0.07 |
| Posterior mandibular region | ||||||||||
| R | 5.00 4.00–5.99 |
3.44 2.54–4.35 |
0.04∗ | 0.62 | 4.84 3.21–6.47 |
7.08 6.20–7.94 |
0.03∗ | 0.96 | 0.85 | 0.00 |
| L | 4.69 | 4.34 3.15–5.53 |
0.33 | 0.11 | 3.85 2.15–5.53 |
6.38 5.40–7.32 |
0.01∗ | 1.04 | 0.37 | 0.05 |
| Submandibular region | ||||||||||
| R | 5.07 3.87–6.26 |
3.07 2.14–3.99 |
0.02∗ | 0.70 | 5.38 3.70–7.06 |
5.77 4.20–7.33 |
0.72 | 0.14 | 0.90 | <0.01 |
| L | 5.00 3.91–3.08 |
4.21 3.32–5.08 |
0.14 | 0.30 | 5.38 3.54–7.22 |
5.54 3.85–7.22 |
0.92 | 0.05 | 0.66 | 0.11 |
| Lateral pterygoid | ||||||||||
| R | 3.65 2.64–4.66 |
2.45 1.47–3.42 |
0.09 | 0.46 | 2.08 0.25–3.89 |
1.23 0.09–2.36 |
0.18 | 0.32 | 0.06 | 0.09 |
| L | 2.00 1.01–2.98 |
2.51 1.51–3.51 |
0.42 | 0.20 | 2.69 0.80–4.57 |
1.85 0.45–3.23 |
0.45 | 0.30 | 0.55 | 0.44 |
| Temporal tendon | ||||||||||
| R | 4.93 3.85–6.01 |
2.96 2.04–3.88 |
0.01∗ | 0.74 | 5.31 3.86–6.75 |
4.30 2.79–5.81 |
0.17 | 0.41 | 0.77 | 0.11 |
| L |
4.55 3.46–5.63 |
2.31 1.34–3.27 |
<0.01∗ | 0.83 | 5.46 4.21–6.71 |
3.67 2.00–5.53 |
0.06 | 0.69 | 0.38 | 0.10 |
| Side portion TMJ | ||||||||||
| R | 3.52 2.53–4.50 |
3.17 2.10–4.24 |
0.48 | 0.13 | 3.08 1.86–5.97 |
2.92 3.20–6.33 |
0.79 | 0.06 | 0.79 | 0.06 |
| L | 3.34 0.96–1.86 |
1.41 0.68–2.21 |
<0.01∗ | 0.80 | 4.46 2.63–6.68 |
4.61 2.91–6.31 |
0.83 | 0.05 | <0.01 | 0.17 |
| Back of the TMJ | ||||||||||
| R | 1.83 1.05–2.59 |
1.45 2.29–4.39 |
0.70 | 0.19 | 3.92 1.22–4.93 |
4.77 1.43–4.41 |
0.44 | 0.28 | 0.26 | 0.04 |
| L | 0.62 0.34–0.89 |
0.93 0.31–1.54 |
0.64 | 0.22 | 3.00 1.23–4.76 |
1.77 0.32–3.21 |
0.07 | 0.46 | <0.01 | 0.18 |
| Trapezius | ||||||||||
| R | 5.03 3.85–6.21 |
4.17 3.09–5.25 |
0.16 | 0.29 | 5.00 3.08–6.91 |
6.23 4.61–7.85 |
0.22 | 0.42 | 0.88 | 0.03 |
| L | 4.03 2.93–5.30 |
3.89 2.74–5.04 |
0.78 | 0.05 | 3.23 1.30–5.16 |
5.77 4.03–7.49 |
0.02∗ | 0.84 | 0.38 | 0.06 |
A: anterior; M: middle; P: posterior; O: origin; B: belly; I: insertion; R: right; L: left; d: effect size; ∗Wilcoxon test; intergroup analysis: Mann-Whitney test.