• Emilia Matera, Roberto Palumbi, Antonia Peschechera, Maria Giuseppina Petruzzelli, Vittorio Sciruicchio, Marina de Tommaso, and Lucia Margari.
• Child Neuropsychiatry Unit, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neurosciences and Sense Organs, University "A. Moro", Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70100 Bari, Italy.
• Pain Res Manag. 2019 Jan 1; 2019: 3190829.

AbstractJuvenile fibromyalgia (JFM) is a chronic pain syndrome with onset in developmental age, characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain associated with other neurological or nonneurological symptoms. Headache is one of the most frequent comorbid conditions with JFM, but this association is still poorly studied in the juvenile population. The literature review was conducted searching through PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science with a combination of the following free-text terms: "fibromyalgia," "juvenile fibromyalgia," "headache," "primary headache," "migraine," "children," "adolescents," and "comorbidity." The research resulted only in two specific studies regarding comorbidity JFM + Juvenile Headache (JH). From each study, we extracted data about sample features, clinical characteristics of both JFM and PH, and assessment tools. The clinical approach to JFM and JH should include a complete examination of the main causes of comorbid diseases, thus improving the therapeutic approach to the patient in developmental age.

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