Effectiveness of manual therapy and cervical spine stretching exercises on pain and disability in myofascial temporomandibular disorders accompanied by headaches: a single-center cohort study

Table 2 Changes in headache, neck pain intensity, and TMJ pain levels between the two groups

Variables		EG (n = 17)	CG (n = 17)	t	F (Group × time)
KHIT-6^b	Baseline	61.53 ± 8.04^a	59.88 ± 8.03	0.597	12.015^**
	5 weeks	57.29 ± 6.62^†	60.06 ± 7.72	-1.120
	10 weeks	48.88 ± 9.76^†	59.82 ± 6.88	-3.780^**
	F	13.745^**	0.201
NRS^c	Baseline	7.82 ± 1.51	7.53 ± 1.41	0.585	29.219^**
	5 weeks	6.12 ± 1.21^†	7.53 ± 1.23	-3.361^**
	10 weeks	4.24 ± 1.48^†,‡	7.24 ± 1.20	-6.490^**
	F	49.892^**	1.995
PPT^d	Baseline (L/R)	1.19 ± 0.43/ 1.39 ± 0.46	1.17 ± 0.42/ 1.45 ± 0.48	0.079/ -0.360	21.933^/ 15.137^
	5 weeks (L/R)	1.35 ± 0.37^†/ 1.50 ± 0.44^†	1.18 ± 0.43/ 1.44 ± 0.48	1.177/ 0.424
	10 weeks (L/R)	1.47 ± 0.37^†,‡ 1.60 ± 0.45^†	1.16 ± 0.42/ 1.47 ± 0.48	2.210^*/ 0.824
	F (L/R)	25.708^/19.666^	0.397/3.782^*

EG: Experimental group, CG: Control group, ^aMean ± standard deviation, ^bKorean Headache Impact Test-6 (range: 36–78), ^cNeck pain intensity (range: 0–10), ^dTemporomandibular joint pain pressure threshold, ^†There is a significant difference from the baseline (p < 0.05), ^‡There is a significant difference from 5 weeks after intervention (p < 0.05), ^*p < 0.05, ^**p < 0.01

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