Evaluation of the TMJ by means of Clinical TMD Examination and MRI Diagnostics in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Table 5

Statistical analysis of results from the clinical TMD examination and orthopaedic tests in test subjects of the control group (group N, subjects) and the group of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (group RA, patients).

Examination parameter	Statistical test	values; left	values; right
TMJ palpation (lateral pole)	Fisher’s exact test	0.008	0.612
TMJ palpation (intra-articular)	Fisher’s exact test	0.612	0.354
TMJ clicking	Fisher’s exact test	0.731	1.0
TMJ crepitus	Fisher’s exact test	0.001	0.002
Muscle palpation	Mann-Whitney test	0.001	0.001
Static pain tests	Mann-Whitney test	0.001	0.012
Compression tests	Mann-Whitney test	0.027	0.321
Traction/translation tests	Mann-Whitney test	0.024	0.453