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

21 June 2020: Clinical Research

Wenyan Li ^ABCDEF , Junying Wu ^ABCDEF*

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.923461

Med Sci Monit 2020; 26:e923461

Table 3 Fricton indexes before and after therapy.

Variables		Extracorporeal shock wave (n=40)	Ultrashort wave (n=40)	P
MM	Before	5.56±0.60	5.55±0.55	0.94
MM	After	2.41±0.52	1.79±0.46	0.012
		0.013	0.023
JN	Before	3.10±0.63	3.11±0.68	0.92
JN	After	2.27±0.71	1.45±0.59	0.015
		0.034	0.012
JP	Before	3.88±0.83	3.93±0.87	0.40
JP	After	2.59±0.59	1.55±0.73	0.012
		0.032	0.018
DI	Before	8.81±0.80	8.80±0.72	0.98
DI	After	4.79±0.67	3.30±0.51	0.021
		0.023	0.021