Reciprocal Relationship Between Sleep and Pain

Timothy A. Roehrs, PhD

Director of Research
Sleep Disorders & Research Center
Henry Ford Hospital
Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience
Wayne State University
School of Medicine
Detroit, Michigan

Numerous studies have demonstrated a bidirectional relationship between pain sensitivity and sleep disturbance. Increased pain sensitivity causes significant sleep disturbances and, conversely, impaired sleep adversely affects pain thresholds.

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