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

Table 3

Pretreatment and posttreatment comparison of the tender points of the AA and sham AA groups based on the RDC/TMDs and the electromyographic activity of the trapezius muscle.

Points	AA ()				Sham AA ()				Intergroup
	Pretreatment	Posttreatment			Pretreatment	Posttreatment			Before; ()	After; ()
	(95% CI)				(95% CI)
Right temporal
A	1.20; 0.47–1.93	0.93; 0.24–1.62	0.45	0.15	1.34; 0.04–2.72	1.77; 0.98–2.55	0.51	0.22	0.64	0.01
M	1.00; 0.20–1.79	0.86; 0.17–1.54	0.57	0.67	0.85; −0.07–1.76	1.08; 0.44–1.70	0.76	0.17	0.79	0.16
P	0.96; 0.28–1.64	0.86; 0.17–1.54	0.66	0.06	0.85; −0.07–1.76	0.77; 0.15–1.38	0.74	0.06	0.95	0.60
Left temporal
A	1.00; 0.14–1.85	0.76; 0.21–1.30	0.51	0.12	2.15; 0.65–3.65	1.23; 0.61–1.84	0.20	0.41	0.03	0.07
M	0.93; 0.19–1.66	0.82; 0.27–1.37	0.54	0.06	1.00; 0.07–1.92	1.31; 0.40–2.21	0.32	0.21	0.40	0.20
P	0.76; 0.02–1.49	0.75; 0.21–1.30	0.93	0.01	1.15; 0.23–2.07	0.92; 2.29–1.55	0.53	0.17	0.09	0.34
Right masseter
O	2.96; 1.99–3.93	1.69; 0.90–2.47	0.06	0.54	2.38; 0.99–3.77	1.85; 0.83–2.85	0.32	0.26	0.50	0.48
B	2.58; 1.73–3.43	1.62; 0.85–2.38	0.10	0.45	3.08; 1.48–4.66	2.23; 1.15–3.31	0.37	0.37	0.60	0.20
I	1.58; 0.68–2.48	1.00; 0.44–1.55	0.29	0.23	4.08; 2.52–5.62	1.70; 0.63–2.75		1.05	<0.01	0.17
Left masseter
O	3.10; 2.01–4.19	1.96; 1.16–2.76	0.08	0.44	1.92; 0.51–3.32	2.31; 1.06–3.55	0.51	0.18	0.22	0.55
B	2.72; 1.77–3.67	2.10; 1.26–2.93	0.25	0.26	2.31; 1.06–3.55	2.08; 0.96–3.19	0.68	0.12	0.71	0.95
I	1.58; 0.63–2.53	1.76; 0.78–2.73	0.82	0.07	3.54; 2.10–4.96	2.61; 1.52–3.70	0.17	0.43	<0.01	0.07
Posterior mandibular region
R	5.00; 4.00–5.99	3.44; 2.54–4.35		0.62	4.84; 3.21–6.47	7.08; 6.20–7.94		0.96	0.85	0.00
L	4.69	4.34; 3.15–5.53	0.33	0.11	3.85; 2.15–5.53	6.38; 5.40–7.32		1.04	0.37	0.05
Submandibular region
R	5.07; 3.87–6.26	3.07; 2.14–3.99		0.70	5.38; 3.70–7.06	5.77; 4.20–7.33	0.72	0.14	0.90	<0.01
L	5.00; 3.91–3.08	4.21; 3.32–5.08	0.14	0.30	5.38; 3.54–7.22	5.54; 3.85–7.22	0.92	0.05	0.66	0.11
Lateral pterygoid
R	3.65; 2.64–4.66	2.45; 1.47–3.42	0.09	0.46	2.08; 0.25–3.89	1.23; 0.09–2.36	0.18	0.32	0.06	0.09
L	2.00; 1.01–2.98	2.51; 1.51–3.51	0.42	0.20	2.69; 0.80–4.57	1.85; 0.45–3.23	0.45	0.30	0.55	0.44
Temporal tendon
R	4.93; 3.85–6.01	2.96; 2.04–3.88		0.74	5.31; 3.86–6.75	4.30; 2.79–5.81	0.17	0.41	0.77	0.11
L	4.55; 3.46–5.63	2.31; 1.34–3.27		0.83	5.46; 4.21–6.71	3.67; 2.00–5.53	0.06	0.69	0.38	0.10
Side portion TMJ
R	3.52; 2.53–4.50	3.17; 2.10–4.24	0.48	0.13	3.08; 1.86–5.97	2.92; 3.20–6.33	0.79	0.06	0.79	0.06
L	3.34; 0.96–1.86	1.41; 0.68–2.21		0.80	4.46; 2.63–6.68	4.61; 2.91–6.31	0.83	0.05	<0.01	0.17
Back of the TMJ
R	1.83; 1.05–2.59	1.45; 2.29–4.39	0.70	0.19	3.92; 1.22–4.93	4.77; 1.43–4.41	0.44	0.28	0.26	0.04
L	0.62; 0.34–0.89	0.93; 0.31–1.54	0.64	0.22	3.00; 1.23–4.76	1.77; 0.32–3.21	0.07	0.46	<0.01	0.18
Trapezius
R	5.03; 3.85–6.21	4.17; 3.09–5.25	0.16	0.29	5.00; 3.08–6.91	6.23; 4.61–7.85	0.22	0.42	0.88	0.03
L	4.03; 2.93–5.30	3.89; 2.74–5.04	0.78	0.05	3.23; 1.30–5.16	5.77; 4.03–7.49		0.84	0.38	0.06

A: anterior; M: middle; P: posterior; O: origin; B: belly; I: insertion; R: right; L: left; : effect size; Wilcoxon test; intergroup analysis: Mann-Whitney test.