Ear Acupuncture Therapy for Masticatory Myofascial and Temporomandibular Pain: A Controlled Clinical Trial

Table 1

Distribution of volunteers in each group, baseline.

	Patient	Age (years, month)	Symptoms duration (months)	VAS baseline (main complaint)	Rdc/tmd diagnosis
					Group I; Muscle disorders	Group II; Disc displacement	Group III; Other conditions
SG	1	32, 2	10	8	I.a, BIL	II.a UNI	III.a
	2	18, 4	14	8	I.a BIL	—	III.a
	3	24, 4	9	9	I.b BIL	—	III.a
	4	54, 8	20	7	I.a UNI	II.a UNI	III.b
	5	38, 2	12	10	I.a UNI	II.a BIL	III.b
	6	58, 3	14	9	I.b UNI	II.c UNI	III.b
	7	49, 7	12	9	I.a BIL	—	III.b
	8	30, 0	15	9	I.b BIL	—	III.a
	9	27, 9	18	7	I.B BIL	II.a UNI	III.a
	10	42, 1	18	7	I.a BIL	II.a UNI	III.a
CG	11	26, 2	8	6	I.b BIL	II.a UNI	III.a
	12	36, 1	22	10	I.b UNI	II.a UNI, II.bUNI	III.a
	13	24, 4	10	8	I.b UNI	—	III.a
	14	48, 1	12	8	I.b UNI	II.a UNI	III.a
	15	55, 10	18	9	I.a BIL	II.a UNI	III.b
	16	51, 0	15	8	I.a UNI	II.a UNI	III.a
	17	34, 2	9	8	I.a UNI	—	III.a
	18	38, 2	18	10	I.a BIL	—	III.a
	19	45, 4	15	9	I.a BIL	II.a UNI	III.b
	20	44, 4	8	8	I.b BIL	II.a BIL	III.a

VAS: Visual Analog Scale; UNI: unilateral; BIL: bilateral.