Research Article
Difference in Response to a Motor Imagery Task: A Comparison between Individuals with and without Painful Temporomandibular Disorders
Table 1
Characteristics of the participants.
| | | TMD group | Control group | Overall |
| | Age (years) | 49.2 (11.7) | 42.5 (19.2) | 45.9 (16.1) | | Woman (%) | 95.8 | 83.3 | 89.6 | | Right-handed (%) | 88.0 | 96.0 | 91.7 | | Right-footed (%) | 84.0 | 96.0 | 89.6 | | Height (cm) | 156.7 (9.6) | 161.0 (7.9) | 158.8 (8.9) | | Weight (kg) | 52.2 (9.9) | 58.8 (10.6) | 55.5 (10.7) | | Range of mouth opening (mm) | 39.6 (5.8) | 47.3 (6.4) | 43.4 (7.2) | | Pain described by VAS (mm) | 39.4 (30.2) | NA | | | Subtype of TMD | Myalgia of the masticatory muscle: 11 | | TMJ disc derangement with reduction: 5 | | TMJ disc derangement without reduction: 2 | | Myalgia + disc derangement with reduction: 2 | | Unknown: 4 |
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(TMD group versus control group); TMD, temporomandibular disorders; VAS, visual analog scale; TMJ, temporomandibular joint; NA, not available. |
