BRAIN IMAGING OF CARDIOVASCULAR CONTROL DURING MUSCLE PAIN

在澳大利亚，每五个人中就有一个患有慢性疼痛，其中三分之一的人患有与严重残疾相关的严重疼痛。长期疼痛的丧失能力的影响不仅仅是心理上的，还会影响到许多系统，包括心血管系统。我们感兴趣的是为什么疼痛会导致一些人的血压升高，而另一些人则不会：手术后慢性疼痛的患者的临床高血压患病率几乎是没有疼痛的患者的两倍。

One in every five people in Australia suffers chronic pain and a third of these have severe pain associated with severe disability. The incapacitating effects of long-lasting pain are not just psychological, but affect many systems, including the cardiovascular system. We are interested in why pain causes blood pressure to increase in some people but not in others: patients with post-surgical chronic pain have nearly twice the prevalence of clinical hypertension than patients without pain.