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Table 3 Heart rate responses

From: Trapezius activity of fibromyalgia patients is enhanced in stressful situations, but is similar to healthy controls in a quiet naturalistic setting: a case-control study

 

Mental stress

Laboratory relaxation

Lowest 5 min, evening

FM patients

76 (8), 58-89b

71 (8), 55-85c

66 (3), 52-78

Controls

76 (7), 64-88d

67 (8), 54-86

65 (3), 45-76

pa

0.89

0.06

0.35

  1. Heart rate (bpm) during mental stress test, laboratory relaxation, and 5-min period with lowest heart rate during evening activities for fibromyalgia (FM) patients and healthy controls.
  2. Values are mean (SD), range.
  3. aIndependent samples t-test; Paired samples t-test: bdifferent from Laboratory relaxation (p=0.001), and lowest 5 min period during evening (p<0.001); cdifferent from lowest 5 min period during evening (p=0.009); ddifferent from Laboratory relaxation (p<0.001) and lowest 5 min period during evening (p<0.001).