Treatment of Temporomandibular Joint Disorders by Ultrashort Wave and Extracorporeal Shock Wave: A Comparative Study

21 June 2020 : Clinical Research

Wenyan Li^1ABCDEF, Junying Wu^1ABCDEF*

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.923461

Med Sci Monit 2020; 26:e923461

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Table 2 Visual analog scale score and maximum month opening before and after.

Variables		Extracorporeal shock wave	Ultrashort wave	P
VAS	Before	3.40±1.93	3.10±2.02	0.63
VAS	After	2.00±1.08	0.95±1.15	0.004
		0.007	0.0001
MMO (cm)	Before	1.73±0.38	1.61±0.53	0.427
MMO (cm)	After	2.03±0.33	3.23±0.37	0.012
		0.011	0.013

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