Factors influencing and long-term effects of manual myotomy phenomenon during physiotherapy for congenital muscular torticollis

Table 3 Comparison of craniofacial asymmetry score and total Cheng-Tang rating score between MM group and NMM group

Item	Group	Number	Mean rank	Rank sum	Z	P	M(P25-P75)
Ear-eye distance difference	MM group	18	16.56	298.000	− 0.330	0.74	0 (0–0.50)
Ear-eye distance difference	NMM group	15	17.53	263.000	− 0.330	0.74	0.50 (0–0.50)
Ear-nose distance difference	MM group	18	16.25	292.500	− 0.548	0.584	0.25 (0–0.50)
Ear-nose distance difference	NMM group	15	17.9	268.500	− 0.548	0.584	0.50 (0–0.50)
Eye-mouth distance difference	MM group	18	16.5	297.000	− 0.385	0.7	0 (0–0.50)
Eye-mouth distance difference	NMM group	15	17.6	264.000	− 0.385	0.7	0 (0–0.50)
Ear-mouth distance difference	MM group	18	17.83	321.000	− 0.656	0.512	0 (0–0.50)
Ear-mouth distance difference	NMM group	15	16	240.000	− 0.656	0.512	0 (0–0.50)
Half-head circumstance difference	MM group	18	14.31	257.500	− 1.776	0.076	1.00 (0–1.50)
Half-head circumstance difference	NMM group	15	20.23	303.500	− 1.776	0.076	2.00 (0.500–3.00)
Half-head top difference	MM group	18	14.89	268.000	− 1.396	0.163	1.00 (0.375–2.50)
Half-head top difference	NMM group	15	19.53	293.000	− 1.396	0.163	2.00 (1.00–3.0)
Total Cheng-Tang rating score	MM group	41	56.41	2313.000	− 4.318	< 0.05	32 (31–33)
Total Cheng-Tang rating score	NMM group	48	35.25	1692.000	− 4.318	< 0.05	33 (32–35)

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