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Table 2 Center-of-gravity (COG) measurements of usual pain drawing in the orofacial region in women with myofascial TMD or with FMS [mean ± SD (95 % CI)]

From: Characteristics of referred muscle pain to the head from active trigger points in women with myofascial temporomandibular pain and fibromyalgia syndrome

 

Frontal projection

Posterior projection

Dominant (right) side

Non-dominant (left) side

X

Y*

X

Y*

X

Y

X

Y

TMD

7.4 ± 1.2 (6.7–7.2)

10.4 ± 2.3 (12.5–13.5)

6.9 ± 0.4 (6.8–7.0)

7.1 ± 2.3 (5.7–7.6)

7.3 ± 1.2 (7.4–8.9)

9.5 ± 2.0 (12.0–14.0)

7.3 ± 1.6 (7.5–8.2)

8.7 ± 1.8 (11.8–13.4)

FMS

6.8 ± 0.7 (6.4–7.0)

12.1 ± 2.9 (13.5–14.0)

7.1 ± 0.2 (7.0–7.1)

5.3 ± 1.2 (6.2–10.5)

7.4 ± 1.1 (6.0–8.0)

11.3 ± 3.4 (11.5–14.6)

7.4 ± 2.1 (6.9–8.5)

8.9 ± 4.4 (12.4–14.0)

  1. TMD temporomandibular disorder, FMS fibromyalgia syndrome
  2. * Significant differences between TMD and FMS (Student’s t test, P < 0.05)