Functional Evaluation of the Visual Pathway in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis Using a Multifunction Stimulator Monitor

Table 1

Visual acuity, contrast sensitivity vision, and visual field parameters (standard deviation) in patients with multiple sclerosis and healthy controls, as measured with the Monpack One device.

Functional parameters	MS patients	Controls
Contrast vision
VA ETDRS 10%	0.43 (0.50)	0.08 (0.27)	<0.001
Read letters	31.90 (8.20)	39.70 (5.58)	<0.001
CSV 0.5 cpd	15.98 (1.69)	17.04 (2.03)	0.002
CSV 1 cpd	19.09 (1.55)	20.50 (2.02)	0.001
CSV 2 cpd	21.29 (2.95)	22.06 (2.12)	0.001
CSV 5 cpd	20.34 (1.68)	21.91 (1.94)	0.013
CSV 10 cpd	19.35 (2.60)	21.83 (2.84)	0.088
CSV 20 cpd	11.73 (4.31)	15.17 (3.21)	0.101
Visual field parameters
Avg. deficit	0.14 (0.35)	1.64 (2.87)	<0.001
Corrected avg. deficit	0.20 (0.46)	1.57 (2.49)	<0.001
Variance of deficits	4.05 (6.03)	14.65 (16.52)	<0.001
Temporal fluctuation	0.98 (0.45)	1.73 (1.34)	<0.001

Bold letters indicate statistical significance (). Abbreviations: MS, multiple sclerosis; VA, visual acuity; CSV, contrast sensitivity vision; cpd, cycles per degree; avg., average.