Comparison of Generalized and Localized Hyperalgesia in Patients With Recurrent Headache and Fibromyalgia
Akiko Okifuji, PhD,
Dennis C. Turk, PhD and
Dawn A Marcus, MD
From the Department of Anesthesiology (A.O., D.C.T.), University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and Department of Anesthesiology (D.A.M.), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.

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Fig. 1. Proportions of patients rating the cervical TP sites painful. L = left; R = right.
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Fig. 2. Proportions of patients rating the distal TP sites painful. Gr = greater; L = left; R = right.
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Fig. 3. Proportions of patients rating palpation painful at the control pericranial and distal sites. L = left; R = right.
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Fig. 4. Relationship between pain sensitivity in cervical TP areas and MPI pain by group in headache patients.
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Copyright © 1999 by the American Psychosomatic Society