Table 1.

Mean and maximal stimulation pressure in millibar of different stimulation modes and their occurrence rates.

	Squeezing					Rubbing						Tickle	Tapping
	Thumb	Thumb tip	Index finger	Two fingers	Whole hand	Thumb	Thumb tip	Index finger	Index finger tip	Two fingers	Whole hand
Low Apnea Intensity (LIA)
	N = 1	N = 3	N = 1	N = 2	N = 3	N = 29	N = 10	N = 9	N = 3	N = 5	N = 1	N = 2	N = 1
Median	226.87	48,45	98.54	99.60	59.54	48.15	53.00	58.52	27.56	101.20	38.83	26.70	14.44
M	226.87	52.69	98.54	99.60	66.63	60.26	60.62	65.35	40.97	101.22	38.83	26.70	14.44
SD	-	9.28	-	59.18	44.99	37.86	39.26	37.42	23.44	60.47	-	18.66
Median max	315.64	115,63	158.44	248.74	163.12	94.52	99.84	106.73	64.83	264.85	120.80	67.21	36.30
M max	315.64	168.20	158.44	248.74	155.57	125.47	129.43	152.75	94.33	240.13	120.80	67.21	36.30
SD max	-	114.72	-	53.97	100.76	84.18	78.16	109.99	54.97	148.02	-	42.89
High Apnea Intensity (HIA)
	N = 2	N = 3	N = 0	N = 0	N = 5	N = 27	N = 12	N = 8	N = 2	N = 6	N = 1	N = 2	N = 2
Median	127.07	121.52	-	-	175.59	87.77	123.19	122.78	158.04	122.39	143.15	52.63	22.11
M	127.07	134.63	-	-	176.30	119.54	125.49	142.86	158.04	133.59	143.15	52.63	22.11
SD	141.13	53.17	-	-	73.20	87.92	45.28	83.57	73.82	54.01	-	19.93	17.28
Median max	180.15	238.15	-	-	339.25	155.57	279.58	203.67	350.12	288.67	354.08	144.56	68.01
M max	180.15	273.78	-	-	407.72	222.79	262.62	252.44	350.12	308.89	354.08	144.56	68.01
SD max	191.61	96.69	-	-	153.12	155.07	122.35	143.87	219.17	120.22	-	59.25	38.69

M, mean pressure across participants; SD, standard deviation; Mmax, mean of the maximal pressure values; SDmax, standard deviation of Mmax.