Table 3 Sensory function in the left foot of 15 falanga (F) and 17 no falanga (NF) torture victims and 14 healthy controls (C) (mean, SD, 95% CI, median and range for eight QST variables)

Falanga n=15

33.98

24.4

43.5

20.6

47.6

239

6

26

86.70

7.6

4.1

7.3

3.9

142

21

25

−14.03–82.00

20.2–28.7

41.2–45.8

16.5–24.6

45.5–49.8

160–317

−7–19

11–42

1.40

27.9

43.8

20.2

49.5

209

10

20

(0.16–300.00)

(0–30.1)

(36.0–50.0)

(0–29.1)

(36.5–50.0)

(78–488)

(−50–35)

(0–78)

No Falanga n=17

9.47

21.9

45.1

15.5

49.2

262

6

20

16.17

7.5

3.5

9.6

1.4

179

12

16

1.16–17.79

17.9–25.9

43.2–46.9

10.2–20.8

48.4–50.0

170–353

−1–12

12–29

2.00

24.3

45.5

19.7

50.0

210

3

21

(0.07–60.00)

(0–29.4)

(39.1–50.0)

(0–27.8)

(45.0–50.0)

(94–745)

(−14–29)

(−1–50)

Controls n=14

0.33

28.0

40.9

21.1

47.0

456

17

27

0.34

2.4

3.1

4.7

2.5

167

13

22

0.14-0.53

26.6–29.3

39.1–42.7

18.3–23.8

45.5–48.4

359–552

10–24

14–39

0.16

28.9

41.3

20.6

47.6

461

18

26

(0.07–1.00)

(21.6–30.2)

(36.1–45.1)

(9.2–27.9)

(42.0–49.8)

(208–783)

(0–39)

(−2–63)

ANOVA p-value

0.002 *

0.045

0.011

0.099

0.093

0.001

0.096

6.656

Tukey’s post hoc test F/NF

0.919 *

0.518

0.444

0.172

0.278

0.918

0.996

0.725

F/C

0.003 *

0.314

0.143

0.983

0.794

0.003

0.163

1.000

NF/C

0.007 *

0.035

0.008

0.130

0.088

0.006

0.123

0.701