The Influence of Emotional State on the Masticatory Muscles Function in the Group of Young Healthy Adults

Table 6

The assessment of the muscles activities in the PSS-10-based groups (V) in central occlusion.

	Group I: PSS-10, low	Group II: PSS-10, medium	Group III: PSS-10, high
	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
Temporal muscle right	67.49 ± 18.93	75.19 ± 25.34	77.51 ± 29.87
Temporal muscle left	71.49 ± 20.60	74.09 ± 23.90	77.32 ± 23.08
Masseter right	120.25 ± 26.47	122.53 ± 23.43	103.37 ± 22.83
Masseter left	107.24 ± 31.16	108.22 ± 33.69	96.97 ± 36.07
Temporales muscles	69.20 ± 17.82	74.43 ± 11.34	77.66 ± 15.64
Masseters	110.52^*x  ±  15.97	115.23^*  ±  15.04	100.33^x  ±  12.05
Temporal muscle and masseter right (synergy)	93.54^x  ±  20.39	98.86^i  ±  17.84	90.44^xi  ±  20.08
Temporal muscle and masseter left (synergy)	89.36 ± 21.82	91.15 ± 19.19	87.14 ± 17.63

Statistical difference between groups I and II.
^xStatistical difference between groups I and III.
ⁱStatistical difference between groups II and III.