Altered cardiovascular/pain regulatory relationships in chronic pain |
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Authors: | Stephen Bruehl John W Burns James A McCubbin |
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Institution: | (1) Center for Pain Studies, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, 11th Floor, 345 East Superior Street, 60611 Chicago, IL, USA;(2) Department of Psychology, Finch University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, IL, USA;(3) Department of Psychology, Clemson Univesity, Clemson, SC, USA |
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Abstract: | In healthy individuals, there is an inverse relationship between resting blood pressure (BP) and pain sensitivity. This study
examined possible dysregulation of this adaptive relation in chronic pain patients, and tested whether the extent of this
dysregulation is a function of pain duration, Continuous resting BPs were assessed for 5 min after a 5-min rest period in 121 chronic benign pain patients. Unlike the inverse relationship observed
previously in normals, mean resting diastolic BPs during the assessment period were correlated positively with ratings of pain severity. A Pain Duration x Systolic BP i nteraction
emerged (p > .05) such that the magnitude of the BP-pain relation was greatest in patients with the longest duration of pain, r(38) = .50, p > .001. A hypothesized progressive alteration in endogenous pain regulatory systems in chronic pain patients was supported.
A possible role of endogenous opioid dysfunction in accounting for these alterations is discussed.
This investigation was supported by Grant BRSG S07 RR05366-28. awarded to John W. Burns by the Biomedical Research Grant Program,
Division of Research Resources, National Institutes of Health.
We thank Kathleen Kiselica and Ronald Pawl for allowing access to their patients at the Center for Rehabilitation at Lake
Forest Hospital in Lake Forest, IL. |
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Keywords: | blood pressure (BP) hypertension chronic pain pain sensitivity endogenous opioids |
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