Research Article

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

Table 4

Evaluation of intergroups to average of intensity pain in each time point assessed.


Control group study group
 Temporal musclen.s.0.042n.s.0.0390.38
 Masseter n.s.0.0030.0120.0080.011
 Medial pterygoidn.s.0.0440.0250.0050.015
 Lateral pterygoid n.s.n.s.0.0450.0240.020
 Lateral pole of TMJ n.s.0.0470.0030.0160.009
 Retrodiscal TMJn.s.0.0390.0450.0060.017

: time; value of significance: < 0.05; n.s.: not significant; Friedman statistical test.