Sleeping problems as a risk factor for subsequent musculoskeletal pain and the role of job strain: Results from a one-year follow-up of the Malmö shoulder neck study cohort

Abstract

One in 15-20 of all new cases of chronic pain in the population could be attributed to sleeping problems. No evidence was found for a causal chain with job strain leading to musculoskeletal pain by the pathway of sleeping problems.

Fractions of cardiovascular diseases, mental disorders, and musculoskeletal disorders attributable to job strain

“…MSD The first set of inclusion criteria led us to select 50 studies, out of which 11 studies were finally retained (Bildt et al 2000;Elders and Burdorf 2004;Josephson et al 1997;Krause et al 1998;Rugulies and Krause 2005;Canivet et al 2008;Ijzelenberg and Burdorf 2005;Ostergren et al 2005;Clays et al 2007a;van den Heuvel et al 2005;Hannan et al 2005), thus representing a selection rate slightly higher than that for mental disorders (22%). Of the initial 50 studies, -36 (72%) had exposure assessment shortcomings, -6 (12%) did not produce RR estimates, -and 4 (8%) had outcome assessment shortcomings.…”

The effect of sleep restriction on laser evoked potentials, thermal sensory and pain thresholds and suprathreshold pain in healthy subjects

“…Furthermore, as epidemiological studies indicate that there is a causal relationship between insomnia and several painful disorders (Boardman et al, 2006;Canivet et al, 2008;Gupta et al, 2007;Hoogendoorn et al, 2001;Kaila-Kangas et al, 2006;Lyngberg et al, 2005;Odegard et al, 2011;Siivola et al, 2004), it would be interesting to find out whether these two observations are related or not. Specifically, if lack of sleep in healthy individuals result in LEP-habituation abnormalities, it might indicate that sleep loss could be the explanatory mechanism for the observed decreased LEP-habituation in migraine and fibromyalgia.…”

Night-shift work is associated with increased pain perception

“…Shift workers often report lack of restorative sleep, reduced sleep duration, and poor sleep quality (3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8). Prospective studies indicate that sleep problems are associated with an increased risk for longlasting musculoskeletal pain (9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15) and experimental studies suggest that even a relatively modest restriction or disturbance of sleep increases pain sensitivity. This is manifested as larger responses to experimentally induced pain (16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21), as increased spontaneous pain (22)(23)(24), or as altered pain modulation (23,(25)(26)(27)(28)(29).…”