Direct Comparison of Placebo Effects on Clinical and Experimental Pain
Clinical Journal of PainPublished 10 January 2006
Julie Charron, Pierre Rainville, Serge Marchand
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The important reduction in placebo analgesia in low back pain after the single pre-exposure to the ineffective control treatment suggests the additional involvement of highly flexible mechanisms that may counteract the pro-analgesic effects of expectations.
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The important reduction in placebo analgesia in low back pain after the single pre-exposure to the ineffective control treatment suggests the additional involvement of highly flexible mechanisms that may counteract the pro-analgesic effects of expectations.
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