Stress-Recovery State in Fibromyalgia Patients and Healthy People. Relationship with the Cardiovascular Response to Stress in Laboratory Conditions

• Main Authors: Borja Matías Pompa, Almudena López López, Miriam Alonso Fernández, Estefanía Vargas Moreno, José Luis González Gutiérrez
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2020-04-01
• Series: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
• Subjects: fibromyalgia; stress-recovery state; sympathetic nervous system; stress; cardiovascular response
• Online Access: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/9/3138
• ISSN: 1661-7827; 1660-4601

The current study´s objective was to determine the relationship between stress-recovery state and cardiovascular response to an acute stressor in a sample of female fibromyalgia patients in comparison with a control group of healthy participants. The laboratory procedure was completed by 36 participants with fibromyalgia and by 38 healthy women who were exposed to an arithmetic task with harassment while blood pressure and heart rate were measured during task exposure.