Table 3.

Ultrasound (US) measurements for the intervention side.

	T0	T1	T2	p-Value T0–T1	p-Value T1–T2	p-Value T0–T2
TMJ thickness (cm)	0.17 ± 0.04	0.13 ± 0.03	0.17 ± 0.04	<0.001	<0.001	0.878
Temporal thickness (cm)	1.12 ± 0.20	0.99 ± 0.21	1.21 ± 0.24	0.003	<0.001	0.099
Masseter thickness (cm)	0.58 ± 0.07	0.47 ± 0.06	0.44 ± 0.06	<0.001	0.002	<0.001
Masseter width (cm)	2.59 ± 0.13	2.62 ± 0.14	2.64 ± 0.11	0.501	0.385	0.115
Masseter CSA (cm2)	3.80 ± 0.25	3.55 ± 0.21	3.43 ± 0.19	<0.001	0.004	<0.001
SCOM thickness (cm)	0.44 ± 0.07	0.41 ± 0.09	0.38 ± 0.08	0.005	0.007	<0.001
SCOM width (cm)	2.76 ± 0.24	2.74 ± 0.2	2.77 ± 0.24	0.487	0.336	0.211
SCOM CSA (cm2)	3.88 ± 0.54	3.69 ± 0.65	3.60 ± 0.64	0.057	0.017	0.007

The values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation (statistically significant values highlighted in bold). before intervention: T0; immediately after intervention: T1; one month follow-up evaluation: T2; SCOM: sternocleidomastoid.