PTNarrative ReviewBrazilian journal of physical therapy2025

Rehabilitation management of the chronic pain-hypertension synergy: Proposal of an evidence-informed framework.

Renzo Mendoza, Craig Hensley, Jennifer Ryan, Todd Davenport

PMID 40466275

WHAT IT FOUND

There is no study finding to report.

This master class proposes ways to screen and manage chronic pain with high blood pressure, but it does not test whether those actions improve pain or blood pressure.

What this paper is

This is a narrative master class proposing an evidence-informed framework for managing chronic pain with hypertension. It discusses mechanisms and offers screening and management ideas, but it reports no original methods, participants, or outcomes, so there is no study finding here to change your practice on.

The easy way to misread this

Do not treat the proposed framework as tested evidence. The paper reports no original methods, participants, or outcomes, so it does not show that screening, exercise, education, or manual therapy improves pain or blood pressure.

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