The average ages of the patients participating in the
study were 42.8±10.0 and 41.6±11.7 in the TTMW and
control groups, respectively. The majority of the patients
were females (73%) doing jobs that were not physically
demanding (83%). Moreover, when the two groups were
compared in other aspects, they were found to have very
similar characteristics (Table 1). As show in the Table 2, the
results indicated improvement with TTMW in terms of pain
intensity, PPT, tissue hardness, and CROM immediately
after the first treatment session, 1 day after the last treatment
session, and 5 days after the last treatment session (p