Muscle Activity in Pre-Treatment and Post-Treatment Oral Submucous Fibrosis Patients: Electromyography Study
Table 10
Sidewise comparison of masseter muscle amplitude.
Groups
Times
Right
Left
Mean difference
t value
value
Mean
SD
Mean
SD
Group A
Before
361.08
26.13
361.57
33.62
0.49
0.077
0.939
After
360.48
24.73
361.49
39.38
1.01
0.147
0.883
Group B
Before
362.37
16.92
361.82
16.84
0.55
0.154
0.878
After
362.14
20.03
361.62
17.88
0.52
0.128
0.899
Group C
Before
363.15
16.51
362.44
21.85
0.71
0.174
0.862
After
362.99
16.52
362.34
29.02
0.65
0.131
0.896
Group D
Before
346.23
23.10
344.97
22.23
1.26
0.263
0.793
After
345.83
30.06
343.46
26.21
2.37
0.399
0.691
Control
Before
359.07
20.41
359.99
17.14
0.92
0.232
0.817
After
358.41
14.04
359.84
21.51
1.43
0.374
0.709
, Group A (mouth opening more than 35 mm), Group B (mouth opening between 30 and 35 mm), Group C (mouth opening between 20 and 30 mm), and Group D (mouth opening less than 20 mm).