Sensory Function and Chronic Pain in Multiple Sclerosis

Table 2

Means (M), standard deviations (SD), and Mann–Whitney U tests concerning the various sensory functions in persons with and without multiple sclerosis (MS).

	MS patients		Controls		Mann–Whitney U tests
	M	SD	M	SD	Z
Dorsal column-medial lemniscal pathway
Light touch	1.73	0.48	1.96	0.19	3.80	0.001
Position sense	1.71	0.49	1.99	0.11	4.64	0.001
Spinothalamic tract
Temperature	1.79	0.41	1.91	0.33	2.27	0.03
Pain	1.54	0.56	1.79	0.54	3.47	0.001