The Diagnostic Value of Pressure Algometry for Temporomandibular Disorders

Table 5

Muscle and temporomandibular joint algometry VAS findings depending on the temporomandibular dysfunction index Di.

Side/gender	Di group
	0			I			II			III
		Mean	SD		Mean	SD		Mean	SD		Mean	SD
Superficial part of masseter muscle
Left
Females	22	5.57	5.71	39	14.47	10.10	25	23.94	18.08	7	41.29	22.13
Males	23	4.76	4.07	29	10.31	9.06	23	41.50	21.81	6	40.33	5.43
Total	45	5.16	4.90	68	12.70	9.82	48	32.35	21.64	13	40.85	16.04
Right
Females	22	6.52	6.72	39	19.32	14.78	25	34.88	28.69	7	61.00	13.56
Males	23	5.15	3.41	29	11.53	8.57	23	48.43	24.80	6	60.67	5.57
Total	45	5.82	5.28	68	16.00	13.02	48	41.38	27.48	13	60.85	10.25
Deep part of masseter muscle
Left
Females	22	2.73	3.98	39	7.90	8.81	25	24.28	16.75	7	35.14	22.52
Males	23	3.54	4.09	29	9.14	10.54	23	39.35	19.89	6	23.00	7.97
Total	45	3.14	4.01	68	8.43	9.53	48	31.50	19.66	13	29.54	17.88
Right
Females	22	3.39	3.53	39	7.41	8.49	25	19.98	12.03	7	29.57	15.40
Males	23	1.59	1.10	29	9.17	10.26	23	31.17	15.67	6	47.33	4.08
Total	45	2.47	2.72	68	8.16	9.25	48	25.34	14.86	13	37.77	14.51
Anterior part of temporal muscle
Left
Females	22	0.84	0.54	39	4.13	4.97	25	7.70	7.24	7	5.29	1.60
Males	23	0.76	0.77	29	2.60	2.58	23	13.48	10.83	6	9.00	10.10
Total	45	0.80	0.66	68	3.48	4.17	48	10.47	9.50	13	7.00	6.89
Right
Females	22	1.07	0.94	39	4.87	5.39	25	9.78	10.04	7	19.43	10.06
Males	23	1.07	1.31	29	3.90	4.31	23	17.26	11.97	6	39.00	7.35
Total	45	1.07	1.13	68	4.46	4.95	48	13.36	11.52	13	28.46	13.28
Posterior part of temporal muscle
Left
Females	22	1.48	1.26	39	5.37	5.93	25	6.50	5.24	7	10.29	8.22
Males	23	0.61	0.81	29	3.17	3.94	23	7.02	5.09	6	22.00	1.55
Total	45	1.03	1.13	68	4.43	5.25	48	6.75	5.12	13	15.69	8.47
Right
Females	22	1.43	1.17	39	4.80	5.18	25	9.82	7.52	7	18.86	18.87
Males	23	0.98	0.71	29	3.67	4.41	23	9.39	6.37	6	14.00	9.36
Total	45	1.20	0.98	68	4.32	4.86	48	9.61	6.93	13	16.62	14.86
Lateral surface of temporomandibular joint
Left
Females	22	0.89	1.34	39	4.65	8.39	25	6.24	7.58	7	10.00	8.60
Males	23	1.43	1.37	29	2.71	2.65	23	11.87	8.34	6	32.17	2.71
Total	45	1.17	1.37	68	3.82	6.62	48	8.94	8.37	13	20.23	13.13
Right
Females	22	1.61	1.75	39	5.49	6.49	25	10.00	10.31	7	29.29	14.75
Males	23	0.93	1.15	29	3.93	3.39	23	17.11	13.04	6	48.00	13.55
Total	45	1.27	1.50	68	4.83	5.41	48	13.41	12.12	13	37.92	16.72
Dorsal surface of temporomandibular joint
Left
Females	22	1.82	2.37	39	6.98	8.70	25	12.80	11.04	7	57.57	26.65
Males	23	0.54	0.42	29	3.53	2.82	23	13.87	10.65	6	62.33	17.91
Total	45	1.17	1.79	68	5.51	7.01	48	13.31	10.76	13	59.77	22.25
Right
Females	22	1.45	0.87	39	5.99	6.17	25	11.54	8.23	7	56.71	23.68
Males	23	1.17	0.90	29	4.50	4.31	23	13.83	8.80	6	71.33	15.91
Total	45	1.31	0.89	68	5.35	5.47	48	12.64	8.50	13	63.46	21.05