Research Article

A Device Improves Signs and Symptoms of TMD

Table 1

EMG values of ELIBA and control groups in the base condition (TIME 0) before and after ULF-TENS (S9 before ULF-TENS; S10 after ULF-TENS).

ELIBA TIME 0Control TIME 0Statistics between the groups
Before TENSAfter TENS
S9 (before TENS)S10 (after TENS)S9 (before TENS)S10 (after TENS)

LTA2.98 (1.55)1.73 (0.72)0.0142.17 (1.18)2.00 (0.67)0.5760.1210.290
LMM1.68 (0.78)1.05 (0.35)0.0051.69 (0.91)1.23 (0.36)0.1170.9660.161
RMM1.65 (0.68)1.67 (0.92)0.9301.38 (0.65)1.71 (0.93)0.3350.2830.907
RTA2.55 (1.66)2.19 (1.67)0.3932.05 (0.93)2.96 (1.72)0.0550.3130.226
LSC3.08 (2.88)3.38 (3.40)0.7682.93 (2.26)3.19 (1.30)0.6880.8780.839
LDA2.07 (0.79)2.43 (1.40)0.2121.87 (0.71)2.34 (0.79)0.1250.4870.825
RDA2.19 (0.63)2.05 (0.66)0.5192.10 (1.06)2.33 (0.65)0.4270.7870.253
RSC3.18 (2.34)2.82 (1.74)0.5222.83 (1.45)3.38 (1.43)0.3070.6300.344
sEMG-mean2.42 (0.71)2.16 (0.75)0.2722.13 (0.62)2.39 (0.26)0.1040.2380.283

Statistics: t-test for paired data for within-group comparison and for unpaired data in between-group comparison. For abbreviations, refer to Materials and Methods.