Do Temporomandibular Disorder Patients with Joint Pain Exhibit Forward Head Posture? A Cephalometric Study
Table 5
Head and cervical posture parameters of mild TMD patients with TMJ pain and moderate/severe TMD patients with TMJ pain.
Head and cervical posture parameters
Mild TMD with TMJ pain
Moderate/severe TMD with TMJ pain
Number (n(%))
Male
12 (48.00%)
13 (52.00%)
0.209
Female
15 (34.88%)
28 (65.12%)
Ba-C3ia (mm)
Male
60.80 ± 6.09
61.47 ± 3.59
0.738
Female
54.84 ± 4.17
55.65 ± 3.50
0.504
C2ap-C4ip (mm)
Male
69.94 ± 6.99
71.42 ± 4.27
1.000
Female
63.63 ± 5.17
64.70 ± 3.77
0.486
Cranio cervical angle (°)
Male
102.49 ± 4.56
96.56 ± 7.05
Female
102.87 ± 6.31
101.73 ± 7.71
0.625
CVT/OPT (°)
Male
3.56 ± 2.30
2.60 ± 2.79
0.359
Female
4.37 ± 2.47
4.29 ± 2.64
0.916
CVT/FH (°)
Male
90.75 ± 5.68
92.75 ± 11.50
0.584
Female
87.59 ± 6.65
87.48 ± 8.36
0.967
CVT/NSL (°)
Male
101.75 ± 5.47
107.10 ± 5.53
Female
103.45 ± 8.32
104.61 ± 8.83
0.678
CVT/RL (°)
Male
8.65 ± 7.15
16.21 ± 5.87
Female
10.75 ± 5.34
11.64 ± 6.07
0.635
OPT/RL (°)
Male
5.09 ± 7.44
13.61 ± 5.62
Female
5.57 ± 5.00
5.60 ± 6.95
0.989
NSL/C2’ (°)
Male
24.4 ± 7.22
29.27 ± 5.94
0.077
Female
25.06 ± 9.85
27.73 ± 7.73
0.386
Notes: The chi-squared test, the independent sample t-test, and the Mann–Whitney test were used, . TMD, temporomandibular disorders; TMJ, temporomandibular joint.
