Table 3 Tenderness Scores (TS) by gender in people with bilateral and unilateral chronic tension-type headache (CTTH)
Gender | Localization | n | Right TS | Left TS | Cephalic TS* | Neck TS** | Total TS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CTTH | |||||||
Both | Bilateral | 248 | 9.2 (8.6-9.8) | 9.0 (8.5-9.7) | 6.0 (5.4-6.6) | 12.3 (11.6-12.9) | 18.3 (17.3-19.2) |
Unilateral | 27 | 6.8 (5.2-8.4) | 7.3 (5.4-9.1) | 4.4 (2.9-5.9) | 9.6 (7.5-11.8) | 14.0 (10.7-17.3) | |
Right | 12 | 6.6 (4.4-8.7) | 5.9 (3.5-8.4) | 3.1 (1.2-4.9) | 9.4 (6.4-12.5) | 12.5 (8.6-16.3) | |
Left | 15 | 6.9 (4.3-9.6) | 8.3 (5.3-11.4) | 5.5 (2.9-8.0) | 9.8 (6.3-13.3) | 15.3 (9.7-20.8) | |
Male | Bilateral | 56 | 6.3 (5.4-7.2) | 6.6 (5.5-7.7) | 3.5 (2.4-4.6) | 9.4 (8.0-10.7) | 12.9 (10.9-14.9) |
Unilateral | 8 | 4.4 (2.9-5.9) | 4.1 (2.8-5.4) | 3.1 (1.5-4.8) | 5.4 (3.3-7.5) | 8.5 (6.2-10.9) | |
Right | 3 | 5.0 (3.1-6.9) | 3.3 (1.6-5.1) | 2.3 (-1.4-5.1) | 6.0 (2.7-9.3) | 8.3 (5.1-11.6) | |
Left | 5 | 4.0 (1.8-6.2) | 4.6 (2.7-6.5) | 3.6 (0.4-6.8) | 5.0 (0.7-9.3) | 8.6 (5.0-12.2) | |
Female | Bilateral | 192 | 10.1 (9.5-10.7) | 9.8 (9.1-10.4) | 6.7 (6.0-7.4) | 13.1 (12.4-13.9) | 19.8 (18.7-21.1) |
Unilateral | 19 | 7.8 (5.6-10.0) | 8.6 (5.9-11.2) | 5.0 (2.7-7.1) | 11.4 (8.6-14.3) | 16.4 (11.6-21.2) | |
Right | 9 | 7.1 (4.2-10.0) | 6.8 (3.6-10.0) | 3.3 (0.5-6.1) | 10.6 (6.0-15.1) | 13.9 (7.9-19.9) | |
Left | 10 | 8.4 (5.3-11.5) | 10.2 (6.7-13.7) | 6.4 (2.7-10.1) | 12.2 (7.8-16.7) | 18.6 (12.1-25.1) |