Table 4 Comparison of pressure measurements according to the treatment stages between the study and control groups
T0 | T1 | T2 | |||||||
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Study group Mean ± SD | Control group Mean ± SD | p | Study group Mean ± SD | Control group Mean ± SD | p | Study group Mean ± SD | Control group Mean ± SD | p | |
Upper lip pressure (kPa) | 22.13 ± 3.23 | 22.17 ± 2.70 | 0.960 | 21.68 ± 2.32 | 23.17 ± 2.13 | 0.060 | 24.65 ± 2.90 | 25.69 ± 3.96 | 0.377 |
Lower lip pressure (kPa) | 23.15 ± 4.24 | 23.15 ± 4.61 | 0.956 | 26.90 ± 5.95 | 24.20 ± 4.93 | 0.163 | 22.95 ± 4.01 | 25.73 ± 5.80 | 0.103 |
Vertical lip pressure (kPa) | 9.38 ± 2.38 | 8.97 ± 1.92 | 0.593 | 7.81 ± 2.52 | 9.81 ± 1.75 | 0.013* | 9.63 ± 2.79 | 11.11 ± 2.30 | 0.105 |
Left buccal pressure (kPa) | 21.93 ± 3.35 | 18.93 ± 3.21 | 0.012* | 19.00 ± 2.69 | 20.22 ± 2.88 | 0.205 | 20.86 ± 4.07 | 21.15 ± 3.07 | 0.820 |
Right buccal pressure (kPa) | 20.90 ± 3.18 | 20.00 ± 3.26 | 0.419 | 19.71 ± 3.34 | 20.73 ± 3.10 | 0.364 | 20.28 ± 4.37 | 19.66 ± 2.99 | 0.643 |
Swallowing tongue pressure (kPa) | 23.00 ± 6.71 | 26.11 ± 12.09 | 0.339 | 24.93 ± 7.82 | 24.75 ± 8.11 | 0.948 | 23.00 ± 8.70 | 22.38 ± 5.06 | 0.807 |
Maximum tongue pressure (kPa) | 46.48 ± 7.00 | 49.55 ± 8.75 | 0.257 | 44.46 ± 8.49 | 50.11 ± 8.05 | 0.055 | 46.18 ± 9.24 | 49.44 ± 7.26 | 0.267 |