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Table 5 Differences in pressure pain thresholds between people with migraine and healthy participants (non-dominant side)

From: Fluctuations in local and widespread mechanical sensitivity throughout the migraine cycle: a prospective longitudinal study

  

Crude

Adjusteda

Difference

95% CI

P-value

Difference

95% CI

P-value

Temporalis muscle

Interictal

−93.3

--125.0 – − 61.7

<  0.001

−5.3

−14.9 – 4.2

0.271

Preictal

−118.9

− 150.5 – − 87.2

<  0.001

− 30.9

−40.4 – − 21.4

<  0.001

Ictal

− 145.3

− 177.0 – − 113.7

<  0.001

− 57.4

−66.9 – − 47.8

<  0.001

Postictal

−112.2

− 143.8 – − 80.6

<  0.001

− 24.2

−33.8 – − 14.7

<  0.001

Paraspinal muscles C1

Interictal

−53.8

− 90.1– − 17.6

0.004

−0.8

−9.7 – 8.2

0.867

Preictal

−80.5

− 116.8 – − 44.3

<  0.001

− 27.5

− 36.4 – − 18.5

<  0.001

Ictal

−102.9

− 139.1– − 66.6

<  0.00

−49.8

−58.7 – − 40.9

<  0.001

Postictal

−66.3

− 102.5 – − 30.0

<  0.001

−13.2

− 22.1 – −4.3

0.004

Upper trapezius muscle

Interictal

−46.2

−85.5 – − 6.9

0.022

−3.5

−14.8 – 7.8

0.540

Preictal

−89.4

− 128.7 – − 50.1

<  0.001

−46.7

−58.0 – − 35.4

<  0.001

Ictal

− 119.7

− 159.0 – − 80.4

<  0.001

−77.0

− 88.3 – − 65.7

<  0.001

Postictal

−68.5

−107.8 – − 29.2

0.001

−25.8

−37.2 – − 14.5

<  0.001

Extensor carpi radialis muscle

Interictal

−35.1

−69.9 – − 0.4

0.048

−3.0

− 14.7 – 8.8

0.620

Preictal

−42.0

− 76.8 – − 7.3

0.018

−9.9

−26.6 – 1.9

0.100

Ictal

−61.1

−95.8 – − 26.3

0.001

−28.9

−40.6 – − 17.1

<  0.001

Postictal

−47.3

−82.0 – − 12.5

0.008

− 15.1

−26.9 – −3.3

0.012

Tibialis anterior muscle

Interictal

−110.4

− 179.5 – − 41.2

0.002

1.1

−19.5 – 21.7

0.916

Preictal

−143.0

−212.1 – − 73.8

<  0.001

−31.5

−52.1 – −10.9

0.003

Ictal

−163.6

− 232.8 – − 94.5

<  0.001

− 52.2

−72.9 – − 31.5

<  0.001

Postictal

−134.5

−203.7 – − 65.4

<  0.001

−23.1

− 43.7 – −2.5

0.029

  1. CI confidence interval. Mean difference in PPTs (in kPa) between people with migraine and healthy participants in the different phases of migraine. aAdjusted for age and baseline PPT value