Table 4 Stepwise regression model
Variable | P-Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
MRI | ST improvement in MC in the entire population | Crumpled disc ≤3 | 0.0112 |
Rounded disc ≤1 | 0.073 | ||
Articular eminence deformation ≤1 | 0.0848 | ||
Lateral pterygoid muscle anomaly ≤2 | 0.1763 | ||
Joint effusion ≤2 | 0.2095 | ||
ST improvement in MC if MC is pain | Condylar Deformation ≤4 | 0.0029 | |
Lateral pterygoid muscle deformation ≤2 | 0.0049 | ||
Articular eminence deformation ≤1 | 0.0052 | ||
Rounded disc ≤1 | 0.0227 | ||
MT improvement in MC in the entire population | Crumpled disc ≤3 | 0.0054 | |
DJD | 0.1861 | ||
Inflammatory arthritis | 0.1992 | ||
MT improvement in MC if MC is pain | Articular eminence deformation ≤1 | 0.0325 | |
Arthroscopy | ST improvement in MC in the entire population | DJD | 0.0178 |
Haemorrhagic infiltration of the medial synovium ≤1 | 0.0845 | ||
Other | 0.068 | ||
ST improvement in MC if MC is pain | Reduction ≤2 | 0.0744 | |
Other | 0.4226 | ||
MT improvement in MC in the entire population | Displacement of the disc ≤4 | 0.058 | |
MT improvement in MC if MC is pain | Articular eminence deformation ≤4 | 0.2853 | |
MRI + Arthroscopy | ST improvement in MC in the entire population | Reduction (arthroscopy) ≤ 2 | 0.0474 |
Other (arthroscopy) | 0.3772 | ||
ST improvement in MC if MC is Pain | DJD (arthroscopy) | 0.0559 | |
Other (arthroscopy) | 0.1823 | ||
Joint effusion (MRI) ≤ 1 | 0.1418 | ||
MT improvement in MC in the entire population | Crumpled disc (MRI) ≤ 3 | 0.0078 | |
DJD (MRI) | 0.0581 | ||
MT improvement in MC if MC is Pain | Articular eminence deformation (arthroscopy) ≤ 4 | 0.9984 | |