Circadian Variation of Blood Pressure in Patients with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: A Cross-Sectional Study

Santiago Navarro-Ledesma, Ana Gonzalez-Muñoz, Maria Carmen García Ríos, Daniel de la Serna and Leo Pruimboom
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Santiago Navarro-Ledesma: Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Campus of Melilla, University of Granada, Querol Street 5, 52004 Melilla, Spain
Ana Gonzalez-Muñoz: Clínica Ana González, 29018 Malaga, Spain
Maria Carmen García Ríos: Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
Daniel de la Serna: PNI Europe, 2518 JP The Hague, The Netherlands
Leo Pruimboom: University Chair in Clinical Psychoneuroimmunology (University of Granada and PNI Europe), 52004 Melilla, Spain

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 11, 1-12

Abstract: The aim of this study was to analyze the impact of circadian variation of blood pressure (BP) in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain (CPM). A further purpose was to study differences in circadian variation of BP between genders and the correlation between BP circadian variation and pain. We performed a cross-sectional, observational study in which seventy-five participants with CMP participated. Circadian variation in BP was calculated using the diurnal/nocturnal BP ratio, and all participants used validated self-measurement BP devices. The Numeric Pain Rating Scale was used to assess pain perception. All circadian BP values from participants who suffered from CPM followed pathologic cardiovascular parameters (BP ratio < 10%). When comparing BP ratios between genders, statistically significant differences were found ( p = 0.011). BP itself did not correlate with pain in any subgroup. Circadian variations of BP in those suffering from CMP are shown and new possibilities of research and treatment are proposed.

Keywords: pain; chronic pain; chronobiologic indicators; circadian rhythm disorders; blood pressure; musculoskeletal disorders (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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