Clinical Study

Does Repeated Ticking Maintain Tic Behavior? An Experimental Study of Eye Blinking in Healthy Individuals

Table 1

Means and standard deviations of change scores on the three VAS items.

Mean change scores on VAS items (SD)
PuffNo puff

BlinkIntensity−5.33 (4.57)Intensity0.56 (4.34)
Annoyance−15.03 (3.82)Annoyance−1.38 (3.90)
Urge−33.18 (5.24)Urge−24.42 (6.13)

No blinkIntensity−5.28 (5.37)Intensity−2.94 (4.49)
Annoyance3.03 (5.99)Annoyance0.85 (3.97)
Urge−13.54 (4.90)Urge−9.24 (4.51)