Table 2.

CP’s and healthy controls’ scores at the experimental tasks.

Test	CP’S results	Controls (mean)
Elementary sensory data
Single touch detection
Right hand	20/20	20/20
Left hand	20/20	20/20
Double tactile detection
Right hand	20/20	20/20
Left hand	20/20	20/20
Pain
Right hand	10/10	10/10
Left hand	10/10	10/10
Temperature
Right hand	10/10	9.92/10
Left hand	10/10	10/10
Vibration
Right hand	10/10	10/10
Left hand	10/10	10/10
Proprioception
Right hand	10/10	10/10
Left hand	10/10	10/10
Intermediate somatosensory functions
Weight
Right hand	8/8	7.83 ± 0.38
Left hand	8/8	7.89 ± 0.32
Texture
Right hand	8/8	8/8
Left hand	8/8	8/8
Size
Right hand	8/8	8/8
Left hand	8/8	8/8
Materials
Right hand	6/10*	9.33 ± 0.87
Left hand	8/10	9.33 ± 1.32
Bidimensional geometrical shapes
Right hand	5/8*	7.89 ± 0.32
Left hand	8/8	7.61 ± 0.50
Tridimensional geometrical shapes
Right hand	7/8*	8/8
Left hand	8/8	7.89 ± 0.32
Meaningless shapes
Right hand	7/12*	11.50 ± 0.51
Left hand	11/12	11.33 ± 0.84
Real object recognition
Real object comparison (right hand)
Accuracy	50/64*	63 ± 1
Exploration time first stimulus (in seconds)	43.65 ± 14.48*	3.32 ± 1.1
Exploration time second stimulus (in seconds)	26.49 ± 16.84*	2.61 ± 0.6

Mean ± standard deviation values are reported for control participants. ^*Significantly different from controls at Crawford–Howell t-test (p < 0.01).