The influence of learning on the psychophysiological stress response of fibromyalgia syndrome compared to healthy controls

Balance problems are one of the most frequent symptoms in patients with Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS). However, the extent and nature of this balance disorder are not known. The objective of this work was to determine the best evidence for the alteration of postural balance in patients with FMS and analyze differences with healthy controls. To meet this objective, a systematic review with meta-analysis was performed. A bibliographical search was carried out in PubMed Medline, Scopus, Web of Science, CINAHL and SciELO. Observational studies that assessed postural balance in patients with FMS compared to healthy subjects in baseline conditions, were selected. In a random-effect model, the pooled effect was calculated with the Standardized Mean Difference (SMD) and its 95% confidence interval (CI). Nineteen studies reporting data of 2347 participants (95% female) were included. FMS patients showed poor balance with a large effect on static (SMD = 1.578; 95% CI = 1.164, 1.992), dynamic (SMD = 0.946; 95% CI = 0.598, 1.294), functional balance (SMD = 1.138; 95% CI = 0.689, 1.588) and on balance confidence (SMD = 1.194; 95% CI = 0.914, 1.473). Analysis of the Sensory Organization Test showed large alteration of vestibular (SMD = 1.631; 95% CI = 0.467, 2.795) and visual scores (SMD = 1.317; 95% CI = 0.153, 2.481) compared to healthy controls. Patients with FMS showed worse scores for different measures of postural balance compared to healthy controls. Concretely, FMS patients appear to have poor vestibular and visual scores with a possible somatosensory dependence.

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Salivary oxytocin, cognitive anxiety and self-confidence in pre-competition athletes

Scientific Reports ◽

10.1038/s41598-021-96392-7 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Irene La Fratta ◽

Sara Franceschelli ◽

Lorenza Speranza ◽

Antonia Patruno ◽

Carlo Michetti ◽

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Keyword(s):

Stress Response ◽

State Anxiety ◽

Young Male ◽

Soccer Players ◽

Soccer Match ◽

Self Confidence ◽

Cognitive Anxiety ◽

Psychophysiological Stress ◽

Different Levels

AbstractIt is well known that soccer sport has the potential for high levels of stress and anxiety and that these are linked to Cortisol (C) variations. To date, much research has been devoted to understanding how Oxytocin (OT) can affect anxiety in response to a challenge. The aim of this study was to investigate, in 56 young male soccer players, the psychophysiological stress response 96 and 24 h before one soccer match of a tournament, in order to establish whether athletes who won or lost, show different levels of C and OT or expressions of competitive state anxiety subcomponents. We found that winners had significantly lower Cognitive anxiety and higher Self-confidence scores than losers. Also, significant differences between winners and losers in C and OT concentrations were observed, with higher OT levels in who has won and higher C levels in who has lost. Our results showed interesting associations between OT, C, anxiety feelings, and the outcome of competition.

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Comparison of Cortisol Stress Response in Patients with Panic Disorder, Cannabis-Induced Panic Disorder, and Healthy Controls

Psychopathology ◽

10.1159/000496559 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 52 (1) ◽

pp. 26-32 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Katja Petrowski ◽

Rupert Conrad

Keyword(s):

Stress Response ◽

Panic Disorder ◽

Healthy Controls

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Portable Biosensors for Psychophysiological Stress Monitoring of a Helicopter Crew

Sensors ◽

10.3390/s20236849 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 20 (23) ◽

pp. 6849

Author(s):

Marta Vicente-Rodríguez ◽

Damián Iglesias Gallego ◽

Juan Pedro Fuentes-García ◽

Vicente Javier Clemente-Suárez

Keyword(s):

Heart Rate ◽

Stress Response ◽

Oxygen Saturation ◽

Subjective Perception ◽

Maximal Heart Rate ◽

Autonomic Modulation ◽

Blood Oxygen ◽

Blood Oxygen Saturation ◽

Psychophysiological Stress ◽

Low Altitude

This study aims to analyze the psychophysiological stress response of a helicopter crew using portable biosensors, and to analyze the psychophysiological stress response differences of experienced and non-experienced crew members. We analyzed 27 participants (33.89 ± 5.93 years) divided into two different flight maneuvers: a crane rescue maneuver: 15 participants (three control and 12 military) and a low-altitude maneuver: 12 participants (five control and seven military). Anxiety, rating of perceived exertion, subjective perception of stress, heart rate, blood oxygen saturation, skin temperature, blood lactate, cortical arousal, autonomic modulation, leg and hand strength, leg flexibility, spirometry, urine, and short-term memory were analyzed before and after both helicopter flight maneuvers. The maneuvers produced a significant increase in stress and effort perception, state of anxiety, and sympathetic modulation, as well as a significant decrease in heart rate, blood oxygen saturation, leg and inspiratory muscle strength, and urine proteins. The use of biosensors showed how a crane rescue and low-altitude helicopter maneuvers produced an anticipatory anxiety response, showing an increased sympathetic autonomic modulation prior to the maneuvers, which was maintained during the maneuvers in both experienced and non-experienced participants. The crane rescue maneuver produced a higher maximal heart rate and decreased pulmonary capacity and strength than the low-altitude maneuver. The psychophysiological stress response was higher in the experienced than in non-experienced participants, but both presented an anticipatory stress response before the maneuver.

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Evaluation of personality profile in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome and healthy controls

Modern Rheumatology ◽

10.3109/14397595.2013.868069 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 24 (5) ◽

pp. 823-828 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Meltem Vural ◽

Tonguc Demir Berkol ◽

Zeynep Erdogdu ◽

Batuhan Kucukserat ◽

Cihan Aksoy

Keyword(s):

Fibromyalgia Syndrome ◽

Healthy Controls ◽

Personality Profile

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Parkin Coordinates Platelet Stress Response in Diabetes Mellitus: A Big Role in a Small Cell

International Journal of Molecular Sciences ◽

10.3390/ijms21165869 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 21 (16) ◽

pp. 5869

Author(s):

Seung Hee Lee ◽

Jing Du ◽

John Hwa ◽

Won-Ho Kim

Keyword(s):

Diabetes Mellitus ◽

Platelet Aggregation ◽

Stress Response ◽

Platelet Activation ◽

Protective Role ◽

Small Cell ◽

Integrin Signaling ◽

Healthy Controls ◽

Interacting Proteins ◽

Anucleate Cell

Increased platelet activation and apoptosis are characteristic of diabetic (DM) platelets, where a Parkin-dependent mitophagy serves a major endogenous protective role. We now demonstrate that Parkin is highly expressed in both healthy platelets and diabetic platelets, compared to other mitochondria-enriched tissues such as the heart, muscle, brain, and liver. Abundance of Parkin in a small, short-lived anucleate cell suggest significance in various key processes. Through proteomics we identified 127 Parkin-interacting proteins in DM platelets and compared them to healthy controls. We assessed the 11 highest covered proteins by individual IPs and confirmed seven proteins that interacted with Parkin; VCP/p97, LAMP1, HADHA, FREMT3, PDIA, ILK, and 14-3-3. Upon further STRING analysis using GO and KEGG, interactions were divided into two broad groups: targeting platelet activation through (1) actions on mitochondria and (2) actions on integrin signaling. Parkin plays an important role in mitochondrial protection through mitophagy (VCP/p97), recruiting phagophores, and targeting lysosomes (with LAMP1). Mitochondrial β-oxidation may also be regulated by the Parkin/HADHA interaction. Parkin may regulate platelet aggregation and activation through integrin signaling through interactions with proteins like FREMT3, PDIA, ILK, and 14-3-3. Thus, platelet Parkin may regulate the protection (mitophagy) and stress response (platelet activation) in DM platelets. This study identified new potential therapeutic targets for platelet mitochondrial dysfunction and hyperactivation in diabetes mellitus.

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Psychophysiological stress response of physiotherapy last year students in his final degree dissertation

Physiology & Behavior ◽

10.1016/j.physbeh.2020.112928 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 222 ◽

pp. 112928 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ana Ramírez-Adrados ◽

Silvia Fernández-Martínez ◽

Beatriz Martínez-Pascual ◽

Cristina Gonzalez-de-Ramos ◽

Valentín E. Fernández-Elías ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Stress Response ◽

Psychophysiological Stress ◽

Final Degree

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Attachment and hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis functioning in patients with eating disorders

European Psychiatry ◽

10.1016/j.eurpsy.2017.01.783 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 41 (S1) ◽

pp. S551-S552 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

F. Monaco ◽

A.M. Monteleone ◽

F. Pellegrino ◽

V. Ruzzi ◽

G. Fico ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Eating Disorders ◽

Stress Response ◽

Attachment Style ◽

Attachment Styles ◽

Healthy Controls ◽

Secure Attachment ◽

Response System ◽

Avoidant Attachment ◽

Stress Response System ◽

Hpa Axis Functioning

IntroductionAttachment theory suggests that different attachment styles influence the development of individual's self-esteem and modulate the individual's ability to manage stressful events by responding with adequate affective adjustment. High levels of insecure attachment are present in adults with Eating Disorders (EDs).ObjectivesThe variables that mediate the association between attachment style and EDs have not been investigated enough. The possibility exists that the endogenous stress response system is involved.AimsTo appraise the role of the endogenous stress response system, we studied the effect of attachment styles on the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis functioning in ED patients.MethodsFifty- two women with EDs and 25 healthy women completed the ECR questionnaire to assess their attachment style. Saliva samples were taken in the morning to measure the Cortisol Awakening Response (CAR). Moreover, the saliva cortisol response to the Trier-Social-Stress-Test (TSST) was measured in 30 ED patients and 15 healthy controls.ResultsPatients with avoidant attachment showed an increased CAR compared to both healthy controls and to patients with anxious and secure attachment styles. In the initial TSST phase, cortisol levels decreased in the secure attachment group but not in patients with avoidant attachment. In the TSST stress response phase, the cortisol raise was higher in insecure patients and delayed in avoidant ones.ConclusionsIn adults with EDs, attachment styles affect the HPA axis functioning and this could have a role in the pathophysiology of EDs.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

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