Table 1 Participant perceptual and radiating thresholds.

From: Spinal nociceptive and non-nociceptive processing of cutaneous afferent input in people with chronic incomplete spinal cord injury

Group

Perceptual Threshold (PerT), mA

Radiating Threshold (RT), mA

SPn

SRn

DTn

SPn

SRn

DTn

SCI

3.2 ± 1.9*

3.1 ± 2.6*

2.8 ± 2.0*

12.8 ± 6.8*

11.9 ± 6.2

12.4 ± 7.2*

Non-SCI

1.9 ± 0.9

1.4 ± 0.6

1.3 ± 0.9

8.9 ± 2.7

8.6 ± 4.2

7.8 ± 3.2

  1. SCI, spinal cord injury; DTn, distal tibial nerve; SPn, superficial peroneal nerve; SRn, sural nerve. Significant differences between groups are indicated by * (P ≤ 0.05), by independent t test.
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