Habituation attenuates the sex-specific associations between ischemic pain, blood pressure, and arterial stiffness in young adults.
Habituation attenuates the sex-specific associations between ischemic pain, blood pressure, and arterial stiffness in young adults.
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习惯减弱了年轻人缺血性疼痛、血压和动脉僵硬度之间的性别特异性关联。
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10.1152/ajpheart.00567.2022
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2022
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Grosicki,GregoryJ
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Lincoln,ZoeR;Blumenburg,WesleyT;Cross,BrettL;Vondrasek,JosephD;Watso,JosephC;Flatt,AndrewA;Linder,Braxton;Robinson,AustinT;Grosicki,GregoryJ
Cardiovascular reactivity (CVR) during physical stress is prognostic for incident cardiovascular disease. CVR is influenced by perceived pain. However, there is limited data on the effect of sex differences and repeated exposures to painful stimuli on CVR. We measured blood pressure (BP) and carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cf-PWV; an index of arterial stiffness) at rest, during isometric handgrip (HG) exercise at 30% of maximum voluntary contraction, and during postexercise circulatory occlusion (PECO) during two identical trials in 39 adults (20M/19F; 18–39 yr). We assessed participants’ perceived pain using a visual analog scale after the first minute of each stimulus. We collected BP duringminute 2of each stimulus and cf-PWV duringminute 3of each stimulus. In male participants, we observed moderate associations (Ps ≤ 0.023) between perceived pain and changes in brachial diastolic (ρ = 0.620) and mean BP (ρ = 0.597); central diastolic, mean, and systolic BP (ρs = 0.519–0.654); and cf-PWV (ρ = 0.680) during PECO intrial 1, but nottrial 2 (Ps ≥ 0.162). However, in female participants, there were no associations between pain and CVR indices during either trial (Ps ≥ 0.137). Irrespective of sex, reductions in perceived pain duringtrial 2relative totrial 1were weakly to moderately associated (Ps ≤ 0.038) with reductions in brachial diastolic (ρ = 0.346), mean (ρ = 0.379), and systolic BP (ρ = 0.333); central mean (ρ = 0.400) and systolic BP (ρ = 0.369); and cf-PWV (ρ = 0.526). These findings suggest that1) there are sex differences in pain modulation of CVR in young adults and2) habituation blunts pain and CVR during PECO, irrespective of sex.NEW & NOTEWORTHYWe demonstrate sex differences in the association between pain perception and cardiovascular reactivity (CVR) during ischemic pain. We also demonstrate habituation to pain and reduced CVR during repeated exposure in a sex-independent manner. Accounting for sex differences and habituation may improve the prognostic utility of CVR.