Research Article

A Device Improves Signs and Symptoms of TMD

Table 5

Comparisons of TIME 0 vs TIME 1 of EMG values before ULF-TENS.

ELIBA S9 (before TENS)Control S9 (before TENS)Statistics between the groups
TIME 0TIME 1
TIME 0TIME 1TIME 0TIME 1

LTA2.98 (1.55)2.28 (0.99)0.1542.17 (1.18)2.91 (0.61)0.0450.1210.049
LMM1.68 (0.78)1.37 (0.39)0.1781.69 (0.91)2.06 (0.74)0.2360.9660.004
RMM1.65 (0.68)1.85 (1.09)0.5521.38 (0.65)2.59 (0.68)≤0.0010.2830.034
RTA2.55 (1.66)1.83 (0.49)0.1232.05 (0.93)2.46 (0.94)0.2370.3130.031
LSC3.08 (2.88)1.61 (0.48)0.0702.93 (2.26)2.86 (1.25)0.9130.8780.002
LDA2.07 (0.79)1.99 (0.66)0.7661.87 (0.71)2.55 (0.79)0.0200.4870.042
RDA2.19 (0.63)2.41 (0.33)0.2292.10 (1.06)2.81 (0.56)0.0310.7870.025
RSC3.18 (2.34)1.97 (0.89)0.0762.83 (1.45)2.79 (1.22)0.9250.6300.045
EMG-mean2.42 (0.71)1.91 (0.49)0.0312.13 (0.62)2.63 (0.44)0.0170.238≤0.001

Statistics: t-test for paired data in within-group comparison and for unpaired data in between-group comparison. For abbreviations, refer to Materials and Methods. Bold text represents statistical difference ().