Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Table 8 Significances in changes of condylar positions

From: Clinical changes of TMD and condyle stability after two jaw surgery with and without preceding TMD treatments in class III patients

Measurement	Study group			Control group
Measurement	T1-T0	T2-T1	T2-T0	T1-T0	T2-T1	T2-T0
Po’_Lt. - D_Lt.	.334	.594	.233	.057	.094	.100
Po’_Rt. - D_Rt.	.589	.589	.865	.140	.211	.776
F_Lt. - Co_Lt.	.008*	.036*	.307	.043*	.011*	.363
F_Rt. - Co_Rt.	.001*	.009*	.058	.002*	.036*	.147
Am_Lt. - L_Lt.	.670	.156	.156	.820	.495	.394
Am_Rt. - L_Rt.	.001*	.233	.055	.281	.427	.053
Po’_Lt. - Am_Lt.	.733	.256	.100	.551	.394	.460
Po’_Rt. - Am_Rt.	.112	.910	.191	.910	.589	.820
Sagittal condylar angle (Lt.)	.256	.331	.798	.067	.256	.609
Sagittal condylar angle (Rt.)	.078	.910	.057	.733	.307	.211
Axial axis angle (Lt.)	.191	.865	.100	.191	.609	.100
Axial axis angle (Rt.)	.035*	.910	.052	.233	.650	.233
Intercondylar distance	.011*	.032*	.334	.061	.140	.100
Coronal axis angle (Lt.)	.712	.363	.427	.609	.281	.334
Coronal axis angle (Rt.)	.100	.650	.425	.363	.443	.156

*Significant difference by Wilcoxon signed rank test (P < 0.05).

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