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. 2015 Oct 1;2015:430143. doi: 10.1155/2015/430143

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.