Table 4.
Latency and duration of masseter silent period (MSP) responses
Patients n=28 |
Controls n=25 |
% | p value | |
---|---|---|---|---|
SP1 Latency: Left (ms) | 16.2±4.3 | 12.9±1.7 | 26 | 0.00 |
SP1 Latency: Right (ms) | 17.0±4.1 | 13.4±1.7 | 27 | 0.00 |
SP1 Duration: Left (ms) | 18.8±10.8 | 17.5±3.3 | 7 | 0.55 |
SP1 Duration: Right (ms) | 18.9±12.0 | 16.7±3.4 | 14 | 0.36 |
SP2 Latency: Left (ms) | 63.2±17.1 | 49.1±6.2 | 28 | 0.00 |
SP2 Latency: Right (ms) | 65.0±15.6 | 49.6±7.5 | 31 | 0.00 |
SP2 Duration: Left (ms) | 39.0±14.9 | 33.8±12.1 | 15 | 0.20 |
SP2 Duration: Right (ms) | 40.3±14.9 | 34.7±10.4 | 16 | 0.15 |
n: number of subjects. %: Percentage of change in patients vs. controls. p: significance of t-tests.