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Table 2 Mean values and standard deviation (SD) of absolute values of side-to-side differences at the painful sites in the temporomandibular disorders (TMD) patients and the healthy reference group

From: Somatosensory abnormalities in Chinese patients with painful temporomandibular disorders

 

Reference group

TMD patients group

Infraorbital mean(SD)

95%CI (upper limit)

Mental mean(SD)

95%CI (upper limit)

Hand mean (SD)

95%CI (upper limit)

Painful site mean(SD)

>95%CI

 

n (%)

CDT

0.23(0.20)

0.27

0.20(0.22)

0.26

0.44(0.53)

0.57

0.19(0.16)

3(7.5 %)

WDT

0.23(0.22)

0.28

0.32(0.31)

0.39

0.86(0.80)

1.05

0.19(0.19)

1(2.5 %)

TSL

0.64(0.49)

0.76

0.43(0.38)

0.52

1.32(1.52)

1.68

0.59(0.67)

6(15.0 %)

CPT

1.86(1.72)

2.27

1.33(1.50)

1.69

2.11(2.11)

2.62

2.84(3.97)

7(17.5 %)

HPT

1.43(1.63)

1.82

1.16(1.07)

1.42

1.12(0.93)

1.35

1.14(1.08)

4(10.0 %)

MDT

0.05(0.07)

0.06

0.04(0.08)

0.06

2.35(2.88)

3.04

0.07(0.19)

5(12.5 %)

MPT

33.21(37.38)

42.12

27.52(50.91)

39.66

51.64(49.74)

63.50

23.74(40.88)

0(0.0 %)

MPS

0.60(0.90)

0.82

0.73(0.95)

0.95

0.50(0.74)

0.68

1.90(2.38)

10(25.0 %)

WUR

1.00(1.27)

1.30

1.02(1.28)

1.32

0.91(1.02)

1.16

0.70(0.86)

0(0.0 %)

VDT

0.24(0.22)

0.29

0.16(0.18)

0.21

0.18(0.18)

0.22

0.24(0.24)

2(5.0 %)

PPT

24.64(23.85)

30.33

25.71(21.62)

30.87

49.09(41.50)

58.99

38.19(38.41)

3(7.5 %)

  1. CDT cold detection threshold, WDT warmth detection threshold, TSL thermal sensory limen, PHS paradoxical heat sensation, CPT cold pain threshold, HPT heat pain threshold, MDT mechanical detection threshold, MPT mechanical pain threshold, MPS mechanical pain sensitivity, DMA dynamic mechanical allodynia, WUR windup ratio, VDT vibration detection threshold, PPT pressure pain threshold, CI confidence interval
  2. The upper limit of the 95 % CI (95 % CIup) of the side-to-side differences in the reference group is also given as it was used in the evaluation of relative abnormalities for the LossGain scores. The abnormal frequencies of TMD patients were evaluated by age, gender and site stratified data