Role of Auriculotherapy in the Treatment of Temporomandibular Disorders with Anxiety in University Students

Table 2

Mobility evaluation of the mouth movements of the AA and sham AA groups pretreatment and posttreatment.

Mouth movements	AA ()				Sham AA ()
	Pretreatment	Posttreatment			Pretreatment	Posttreatment
	(95% CI)				(95% CI)
Passive opening	36.50; 32.88–40.21	38.30; 35.44–41.31	0.40	0.20	37.30; 30.60–44.16	38.40; 33.73–43.03	0.96	0.11
Maximum passive opening	50.90; 47.59–54.34	51.00; 48.73–54.02	0.80	0.01	49.00; 45.01–53.13	52.50; 48.29–56.62	0.04	0.51
Maximum active opening	47.60; 44.51–50.72	47.00; 44.28–50.12	0.90	0.08	46.30; 41.45–51.16	49.50; 46.86–52.05	0.07	0.46
Overlap	3.50; 2.81–4.21	3.40; 2.51–4.37	0.60	0.05	5.40; 4.11–6.80	4.20; 2.51–5.94	0.19	0.47
Right lateral deviation	8.40; 6.98–9.84	8.20; 7.19–9.63	0.70	0.06	7.50; 5.48–9.59	9.20; 8.01–10.44	0.12	0.57
Left lateral deviation	8.70; 7.71–9.73	7.86; 6.99–8.80	0.10	0.34	7.40; 5.41–9.50	8.50; 7.34–9.58	0.30	0.37
Protrusion	5.40; 4.37–6.59	4.80; 3.76–5.95	0.20	0.21	6.40; 5.31–7.60	6.20; 5.44–7.01	0.70	0.12

: effect size; Wilcoxon test.