Impact of Cervical Spine Rehabilitation on Temporomandibular Joint Functioning in Patients with Idiopathic Neck Pain
Table 3
Range of motion in the cervical spine at baseline and after therapy.
Outcome measure
Experimental group
#
ES#
Control group
#
ES#
Flexion in upper segments (cm)
Baseline
0.97
0.04
0.93
0.05
0.85
Post
0.87
Flexion in lower segments (cm)
Baseline
0.84
0.19
0.92
0.05
0.79
Post
0.81
Extension in upper segments (cm)
Baseline
0.001
0.58
0.96
0.04
0.01
Post
0.94
Extension in lower segments (cm)
Baseline
0.0001
0.66
0.94
0.05
0.53
Post
0.84
Rotations to the right (cm)
Baseline
0.0001
0.62
0.99
0.04
0.83
Post
0.82
Rotations to the left (cm)
Baseline
0.067
0.23
0.99
0.04
0.74
Post
0.04
Lateral flexion to the right (cm)
Baseline
0.0001
0.83
0.98
0.02
0.02
Post
0.90
Lateral flexion to the left (cm)
Baseline
0.0001
0.75
0.97
0.04
0.02
Post
0.85
#: value between baseline and posttherapy within each group (time main effect). : value between study groups (group main effect). #ES: effect size (Cohen ) within each group. Values are expressed as the .
