Assessment of the Short-Term Effectiveness of Kinesiotaping and Trigger Points Release Used in Functional Disorders of the Masticatory Muscles

Table 1

The basic statistics of patients’ age and pain intensity measurements before and after the application of both methods.

Characteristic	Method of therapy
	KT			TrP
	Age (years)	Pain (VAS units)		Age (years)	Pain (VAS units)
Measurement		Before	After		Before	After
All patients
Minimum	18	3	1	18	4	2
Maximum	35	10	6	35	9	7
Mean	25.87	6.50	3.10	27.37	6.27	4.17
SD	4.86	1.74	1.35	5.08	1.41	1.36
Male patients
Minimum	18	4	1	18	4	3
Maximum	32	8	5	35	9	7
Mean	26.07	5.93	2.93	28.93	6.57	4.50
SD	4.92	1.44	1.10	5.36	1.55	1.30
Female patients
Minimum	19	3	1	19	4	2
Maximum	35	10	6	34	8	6
Mean	25.67	7.06	3.27	26.00	6.00	3.88
SD	4.97	1.87	1.58	4.51	1.25	1.37

KT, kinesiotaping; TrP, trigger point therapy.