Table 3 TMJA success per presenting patient and TMD characteristics
Characteristic | TMJA success 1-week | P value | TMJA success 1-month | P value | TMJA success 6-month | P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | ||||
Muscle tenderness, N (%) | |||||||||
 Yes | 24 (22.0) | 3 (11.1) | 0.28 | 25 (20.5) | 2 (14.3) | 0.74 | 16 (17.2) | 11 (25.6) | 0.26 |
 No | 85 (78.0) | 24 (88.9) | 97 (79.5) | 12 (85.7) | 77 (82.8) | 32 (74.4) | |||
Jaw deviation during mouth opening, N (%) | |||||||||
 Yes | 34 (31.2) | 10 (37.0) | 0.65 | 39 (32.0) | 5 (35.7) | 0.77 | 26 (28.0) | 18 (41.9) | 0.12 |
 No | 75 (68.8) | 17 (63.0) | 83 (68.0) | 9 (64.3) | 67 (72.0) | 25 (58.1) | |||
Types of MRI findings, N (%) | |||||||||
 Unilateral DDwo-red | 51 (46.8) | 16 (59.3) | 0.27 | 60 (49.2) | 7 (50.0) | 0.66 | 45 (48.4) | 22 (51.2) | 0.86 |
 Bilateral DDwo-red | 58 (53.2) | 11 (40.7) | 62 (50.8) | 7 (50.0) | 48 (51.6) | 21 (48.8) | |||
Bruxism, N (%) | |||||||||
 Yes | 53 (48.6) | 9 (33.3) | 0.20 | 57 (46.7) | 5 (35.7) | 0.57 | 44 (47.3) | 18 (41.9) | 0.58 |
 No | 56 (51.4) | 18 (66.7) | 65 (53.3) | 9 (64.3) | 49 (52.7) | 25 (51.1) | |||
Jaw locking duration, N (%) | |||||||||
 ≥ 8 | 37 (34.0) | 20 (74.1) | 0.001 | 47 (38.5) | 10 (71.4) | 0.023 | 24 (25.8) | 33 (76.7) | 0.001 |
 < 8 | 72 (66.0) | 7 (25.9) | 75 (61.5) | 4 (28.6) | 69 (74.2) | 10 (23.3) | |||
Median Pre-TMJA MMO (mm), N (%) | |||||||||
 ≤ 24 | 57 (52.2) | 14 (51.9) | 0.98 | 61 (50.0) | 10 (71.4) | 0.16 | 45 (48.4) | 26 (60.5) | 0.20 |
 > 24 | 52 (47.8) | 13 (48.1) | 61 (50.0) | 4 (28.6) | 48 (51.6) | 17 (39.5) |  | ||