## 4 Discussion
 & \(p\) & ES \({}^{\text{a}}\) & \(p\) & ES \({}^{\text{b}}\) & \(\text{ES }^{\text{a}}\) & \(p\) \({}^{\text{a}}\) & ES \({}^{\text{b}}\) \\ \hline \multirow{7}{*}{Eyes open} & Path & 1 & 259.35 \(\pm\) 64.94 & \multirow{7}{*}{0.245} & \multirow{7}{*}{\(-0.350\)} & 265.73 \(\pm\) 67.24 & \multirow{7}{*}{0.296} & \multirow{7}{*}{\(-0.328\)} & 0.981 & 0.097 \\  & length (mm) & 2 & 238.58 \(\pm\) 53.26 & & & & & & 0.969 & 0.147 \\ \cline{2-10}  & Ellipse & 1 & 247.13 \(\pm\) 146.84 & \multirow{7}{*}{0.168} & \multirow{7}{*}{0.503} & 302.11 \(\pm\) 190.60 & \multirow{7}{*}{0.874} & \multirow{7}{*}{0.187} & 0.809 & 0.323 \\  & surface (mm\({}^{2}\)) & 2 & 358.24 \(\pm\) 275.66 & & & & & & 0.994 & \(-0.063\) \\ \cline{2-10}  & Delta X (mm) & 1 & 13.06 \(\pm\) 4.77 & \multirow{7}{*}{0.696} & \multirow{7}{*}{0.224} & 13.58 \(\pm\) 2.76 & \multirow{7}{*}{0.741} & \multirow{7}{*}{0.292} & 0.979 & 0.133 \\  & 2 & 14.26 \(\pm\) 5.88 & & & & & 14.70 \(\pm\) 4.68 & \multirow{7}{*}{0.083} \\ \cline{2-10}  & Delta Y (mm) & 1 & 19.46 \(\pm\) 7.45 & \multirow{7}{*}{0.685} & \multirow{7}{*}{0.322} & 19.99 \(\pm\) 8.90 & \multirow{7}{*}{0.764} & \multirow{7}{*}{0.241} & 0.996 & 0.065 \\  & 2 & 21.93 \(\pm\) 7.89 & & & & 22.16 \(\pm\) 9.09 & \multirow{7}{*}{0.764} & \multirow{7}{*}{0.241} & 0.996 & 0.122 \\ \cline{2-10}  & Average & 1 & 19.09 \(\pm\) 6.19 & \multirow{7}{*}{0.337} & \multirow{7}{*}{\(-0.294\)} & 19.80 \(\pm\) 5.45 & \multirow{7}{*}{0.622} & \multirow{7}{*}{\(-0.244\)} & 0.949 & 0.281 \\  & speed (mm/s) & 2 & 17.50 \(\pm\) 4.50 & & & & 18.66 \(\pm\) 3.73 & \multirow{7}{*}{0.622} & \multirow{7}{*}{\(-0.244\)} & 0.949 & 0.281 \\ \hline \multirow{7}{*}{Eyes closed} & Path & 1 & 566.76 \(\pm\) 129.07 & \multirow{7}{*}{0.583} & \multirow{7}{*}{0.371} & 615.00 \(\pm\) 255.30 & \multirow{7}{*}{0.993} & 0.040 & 0.809 & 0.238 \\  & length (mm) & 2 & 520.66 \(\pm\) 119.03 & & & & 624.60 \(\pm\) 223.68 & \multirow{7}{*}{0.993} & 0.040 & 0.227 & 0.580 \\ \cline{2-10}  & Ellipse & 1 & 1589.52 \(\pm\) 963.97 & \multirow{7}{*}{0.998} & \multirow{7}{*}{0.175} & 2966.90 \(\pm\) 5001.45 & \multirow{7}{*}{0.997} & 0.042 & 0.598 & 0.382 \\  & surface (mm\({}^{2}\)) & 2 & 1785.00 \(\pm\) 1255.38 & & & & 319.66 \(\pm\) 5780.00 & \multirow{7}{*}{0.097} & 0.042 & 0.582 & 0.336 \\ \cline{2-10}  & Delta X (mm) & 1 & 28.58 \(\pm\) 8.38 & \multirow{7}{*}{0.983} & \multirow{7}{*}{0.246} & 35.67 \(\pm\) 22.94 & \multirow{7}{*}{0.980} & 0.073 & 0.674 & 0.411 \\  & 2 & 30.65 \(\pm\) 8.48 & & & & 37.89 \(\pm\) 36.22 & \multirow{7}{*}{0.980} & 0.073 & 0.659 & 0.275 \\ \cline{2-10}  & Delta Y (mm) & 1 & 45.25 \(\pm\) 13.81 & \multirow{7}{*}{0.982} & \multirow{7}{*}{0.150} & 61.15 \(\pm\) 27.85 & \multirow{7}{*}{1.000} & 61.15 \(\pm\) 27.85 & \multirow{7}{*}{1.000} & 0.013 & 0.087 & 0.723 \\  & 2 & 47.35 \(\pm\) 14.24 & & & & 60.77 \(\pm\) 32.38 & \multirow{7}{*}{1.000} & \multirow{7}{*}{0.013} & 0.087 & 0.723 \\ \cline{2-10}  & Average & 1 & 43.60 \(\pm\) 11.61 & \multirow{7}{*}{0.808} & \multirow{7}{*}{-0.264} & 51.84 \(\pm\) 25.58 & \multirow{7}{*}{1.99 \(\pm\) 21.94} & \multirow{7}{*}{1.000} & 0.006 & 0.413 & 0.415 \\  & speed (mm/s) & 2 & 40.51 \(\pm\) 11.82 & & & & & & 0.144 & 0.651 \\ \hline \multirow{7}{*}{Romberg index} & Path & 1 & 2.28 \(\pm\) 0.61 & \multirow{7}{*}{0.999} & \multirow{7}{*}{0.029} & 2.36 \(\pm\) 0.83 & \multirow{7}{*}{0.521} & \multirow{7}{*}{0.245} & 0.979 & 0.110 \\  & length (mm) & 2 & 2.30 \(\pm\) 0.77 & \multirow{7}{*}{0.616} & 2.56 \(\pm\) 0.80 & & & & 0.616 & 0.331 \\ \cline{2-10}  & Ellipse & 1 & 7.79 \(\pm\) 5.47 & \multirow{7}{*}{0.891} & \multirow{7}{*}{0.202} & 12.77 \(\pm\) 26.93 & \multirow{7}{*}{0.975} & \multirow{7}{*}{-0.116} & 0.830 & 0.256 \\ \cline{2-10}  & surface (mm\({}^{2}\)) & 2 & 11.93 \(\pm\) 28.46 & & & & 10.35 \(\pm\) 12.21 & \multirow{7}{*}{0.973} & \multirowIn our study, after TMJ soft tissue therapy an improvement in the range of motion of the jaw and the cervical spine in all planes was observed. In almost every evaluated movement, this change was statistically significant.