Research Article
Surface Electromyography (sEMG) Activity of Masticatory Muscle (Masseter and Temporalis) with Three Different Types of Orthodontic Bracket
Table 4
sEMG activity of temporalis muscle clenching between different bracket types.
| | Temporalis muscle evaluation | Mean difference | 95% CI for difference | (df) | value | | Lower bound | Upper bound |
| | Conventional bracket-self-ligating bracket | 23.56 | -5.71 | 52.82 | 2.46 (9.64, 86.00) | 0.013 | | Conventional bracket-ceramic bracket | 1.15 | -28.11 | 30.42 | | Self-ligating bracket-ceramic bracket | -22.40 | -51.67 | 6.86 |
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CI = confidence interval; df = degree of freedom.
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