Table 1.
Distribution of pre‐ and post‐treatment values for frequent temporomandibular disorders symptoms, severity of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) symptoms, neck disability index (NDI) and Jaw Function Limitation Scale 20 (JFLS‐20) associated with the following treatment modalities in a blinded randomised control trial: bite splint, home exercise and supervised exercise
| Symptoms and symptom indices | Bite splint (BS) | Home exercise (HE) | Supervised exercise (SE) | Δ Pre‐post | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre/post (n = 30) | P‐valuea | Pre/post (n = 30) | P‐valuea | Pre/post (n = 30) | P‐valuea |
BS:HE:SE P‐valueb |
|
| TMJ clicking sounds (%) | 100/100 | 100/93 | 100/93 | ||||
| Locking of the jaw (%) | 62/35 | .02 | 44/37 | 55/38 | |||
| Pain in jaw, TMJ, temples (%) | 50/30 | 58/50 | 63/38 | .008 | |||
| Pain in jaw, TMJ, temples during jaw movements (%) | 50/33 | 44/43 | 69/33 | .002 | HE vs SE .003 | ||
| Severity of TMJ sounds (0‐50) mean (SD) | 33.4 (11.8)/18.8 (9.7) | <.001 | 33.8(11.5)/26.7(16.4) | .004 | 34.0 (9.7)/18.8 (10.6) | <.001 |
BS vs HE .02 HE vs SE .02 |
| Severity of TMJ locking (0‐50) mean (SD) | 13.3 (16.4)/6.2 (11.8) | .003 | 9.4(13.4)/7.1(11.1) | 10.6 (13.7)/5.6(10.2) | .023 | ||
| Severity of jaw pain (0‐50) mean (SD) | 7.8 (10.0)/3.5 (7.2) | .03 | 8.3 (9.1)/7.2 (9.7) | 12.0 (9.9)/7.1 (10) | .007 | ||
| NDI mean (SD) | 8.1 (7.6)/6.8 (5.9) | 11.4(10.7)/10.3(12.4) | 10.0 (10.8)/7.9 (7.8) | .016 | |||
| Depression sum mean (SD) | 0.46 (0.3)/0.38 (0.3) | 0.66 (0.6)/0.63(0.7) | 0.54 (0.5)/0.34(0.3) | .001 | HE vs SE .04 | ||
| Somatisation sum mean (SD) | 0.45 (0.4)/0.45 (0.3) | 0.63(0.5)/0.48(0.5) | .02 | 0.52 (0.5)/0.36 (0.3) | .003 | ||
| JFLS‐20 mean (SD) | 16.3 (18.2)/16.0(13.1) | 18.9(33.3)/14.6(16.4) | 18.5 (15.5)/14.0 (13.0) | ||||
Pre = baseline data/post = 3‐mo treatment follow‐up data.
a
Wilcoxon's test for paired observations.
b
Independent sample t test.