Increase in stress contributes to impaired jaw function in juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a two-year prospective study

Table 3 Clinical variables at baseline and change in these variables over a two-year period in 40 patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis

		Baseline				Changes over two years
			Percentile				Percentile
		Median	25th	75th	n	Median	25th	75th	n
Maximum mouth opening without pain	mm	38	30	43	40	3	-3	8	40
Maximum voluntary mouth opening	mm	47	44	52	40	4	1	6	40
Pain in TMJs on maximum mouth opening	0-1	0	0	0	40	0	0	0	40
Pain in muscles on maximum mouth opening	0-1	0	0	0	40	0	0	0	40
Number of painful jaw movements	0-4	0	0	0	40	0	0	0	40
Palpation pain, TMJ	0-1	0	0	0	40	0	0	0	40
Palpation pain, masticatory muscles	0-1	0	-1	0	40	0	-1	0	40

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