Pain when walking: individual sensory profiles in the foot soles of torture victims - a controlled study using quantitative sensory testing

Table 5 Sensory functions in the left foot of 14 healthy controls (mean, SD, 95% CI, median and range for eight QST variables) and our calculated normality criteria (see text)

	MDT target force g	CDT °C	WDT °C`	CPT °C	HPT °C	PPT kPa	Wind-up mm at 0.3 Hz	Wind-up mm at 1.0 Hz
	Mean	Mean	Mean	Mean	Mean	Mean	Mean	Mean
	SD	SD	SD	SD	SD	SD	SD	SD
	CI	CI	CI	CI	CI	CI	CI	CI
	Median	Median	Median	Median	Median	Median	Median	Median
	(Range)	(Range)	(Range)	(Range)	(Range)	(Range)	(Range)	(Range)
Controls n=14 (left foot)	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)
Normality criterion range	0 - 0.76	24.9 – 31.1	36.9 – 44.9	15.1 – 27.1	43.8 – 50.0	242 – 670	1 – 34	0 – 55

MDT, mechanical detection threshold; g, gram; CDT, cold detection threshold; WDT, warm detection threshold; CPT, cold pain threshold; HPT, heat pain threshold; PPT, pressure pain threshold; kPa, kiloPascal; Wind-up mm at 0.3 Hz (mean pre/post difference in pain intensity VAS mm after wind-up stimulation at 0.3 Hz); Wind-up mm at 1.0 Hz (mean pre/post difference in pain intensity VAS mm after wind-up stimulation at 1.0 Hz).

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