Editing Referred pain (section)

==Characteristics==
* The size of referred pain is related to the intensity and duration of ongoing/evoked pain.<ref name=ArendtNeilsen/>
* [[Temporal summation]] is a potent mechanism for generation of referred muscle pain.<ref name=ArendtNeilsen/>
* Central hyperexcitability is important for the extent of referred pain.<ref name=ArendtNeilsen/>
* Patients with chronic musculoskeletal pains have enlarged referred pain areas to experimental stimuli.{{vague|date=August 2009}}  The [[Anatomical terms of location#Proximal and distal|proximal]] spread of referred muscle pain is seen in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain and very seldom is it seen in healthy individuals.<ref name=ArendtNeilsen/>
* Modality-specific somatosensory changes occur in referred areas, which emphasize the importance of using a multimodal sensory test regime for assessment.<ref name=ArendtNeilsen/>
* Referred pain is often experienced on the same side of the body as the source, but not always.<ref name=Demco>{{cite journal|last1=Demco|first1=LA|title=Pain referral patterns in the pelvis|journal=J Am Assoc Gynecol Laparosc|date=May 2000|pages=181–3|pmid=10806259|volume=7|issue=2|doi=10.1016/S1074-3804(00)80037-7}}</ref>