Results
mean pain, Pain, pain
TMJ
The number of participants and the losses with the reasons are described in the Flowchart (Fig. Flowchart of the included participantsThe click during mouth opening was present in 60 patients (85.7%), while the click during mouth closing was observed in 29 patients (41.4%). Pain during maximum mouth opening (Some types of habits were present: gnashing teeth (In the baseline, patients of the counselling plus exercises group showed higher mean pain in the right side compared with the left side in five palpation points: medium temporal muscle (Palpation – Inter-groups comparisons
In the 24-h evaluation, the left side of the anterior temporal muscle showed higher mean of pain on palpation in the inter group analysis (No statistically significant difference was found at any point in the seven-day assessment (Table In the counselling group, there was a significant intra-group difference in the lateral pole (TMJ) on the right side (Palpation – Intra-group comparisonT1xT2: 0.071T1xT3:0.084T1xT4: 0.026T2xT3: 0.999T2xT4: 0.257T3xT4: 0.257T1xT2: 0.054T1xT3: 0.046T1xT4: 0.010T2xT3: 0.546T2xT4: 0.046T3xT4: 0.083T1xT2: 0.020T1xT3: 0.002T1xT4: 0.003T2xT3: 0.034T2xT4: 0.305T3xT4: 0.414T1xT2: 0.053T1xT3: 0.013T1xT4: 0.039T2xT3: 0.083T2xT4: 0.527T3xT4: 0.999T1xT2: 0.564T1xT3: 0.053T1xT4: 0.047T2xT3: 0.034T2xT4: 0.054T3xT4: 0.414T1xT2: 0.157T1xT3: 0.006T1xT4: 0.011T2xT3: 0.024T2xT4: 0.040T3xT4: 0.655Friedman testpost hoc Wilcoxon (In the intra-group analysis, the right side showed higher mean of pain on palpation in five muscles, in the counselling plus exercises group: upper masseter muscle (A statistically significant difference in the intergroup analysis was found in the self-perception of the treatment result (Questionnaire – Inter-groups comparisonChi−Square testQuestionnaire – Intra-group comparison
