Table 1.

Quantitative sensory testing results in patients with lingual nerve impairment (LNI) - Data presented patients’ affected and non-affected sides as well as controls’ left and right side of the tongue

QST parameter
	Log-transformed dataa
	Patients (tongue sides)		Controls (tongue side)
	Affected	Contralateral	Right	Left
CDT (°C)	1.2 ± 0.3	0.5 ± 0.2	0.6 ± 0.1	0.6 ± 0.1
WDT (°C)	1.2 ± 0.2	0.8 ± 0.3	0.7 ± 0.2	0.7 ± 0.2
TSL (°C)	1.5 ± 0.2	1.1 ± 0.2	1.1 ± 0.1	1.1 ± 0.1
CPT (°C)
HPT (°C)
PPT (kPa)	2.3 ± 0.2	2.0 ± 0.1	2.2 ± 0.1	2.2 ± 0.1
MPT (mN)	2.5 ± 0.3	1.7 ± 0.3	1.5 ± 0.2	1.5 ± 0.2
MPS (rating 0–100)	−0.6 ± 0.2	0.04 ± 0.1	0.4 ± 0.2	0.4 ± 0.2
WUR (ratio)	0.5 ± 0.4	0.3 ± 0.1	0.2 ± 0.2	0.2 ± 0.2
MDT (mN)	0.7 ± 1.2	−0.3 ± 0.4	−0.7 ± 0.1	−0.6 ± 0.1
VDT (x/8)
	Data in original unitsa, b
	Patients (tongue sides)		Controls (tongue side)
	Affected	Contralateral	Right	Left
CDT (°C)	−15.7	−3.4	−4.1	−4
WDT (°C)	14.8	6.3	5.4	5.4
TSL (°C)	29.2	12.5	14	13.9
CPT (°C)	5 (cut off) ± 0	10.5 ± 8.5	6.6 ± 0.8	6.4 ± 0.7
HPT (°C)	50 ± 0	48.4 ± 2.1	46.9 ± 1.7	47 ± 1.6
PPT (kPa)	186.2	108.3	142.8	141.4
MPT (mN)	279.2	44.5	30.7	30.9
MPS (rating 0–100)	0.2	1.1	2.6	2.6
WUR (ratio)	3.1	2.1	1.5	1.5
MDT (mN)	5.5	0.5	0.2	0.2
VDT (x/8)	3.8 ± 2.6	5.4 ± 1.1	5.6 ± 0.4	5.8 ± 0.5

^aFor CDT and WDT, differences from baseline-temperature (32 °C) are shown

^bRetransformed mean for log-normally distributed data. All data are presented as mean ± SD. In the case of CPT, HPT and VDT, mean original data ± SD are shown. There is no evidence of occurrence of DMA and PHS

CDT Cold detection threshold, WDT Warm detection threshold, TSL Thermal sensory limen, CPT Cold pain threshold, HPT Heat pain threshold, PPT Pressure pain threshold, MPT Mechanical pain threshold, MPS Mechanical pain sensitivity, WUR Wind-up ratio, MDT Mechanical detection threshold, VDT Vibration detection threshold, DMA Dynamic mechanical allodynia, PHS Paradoxical heat sensation