An analysis of factors that contribute to the magnitude of placebo analgesia in an experimental paradigm

Pain

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 147-156

  Price, Donald D ^a   Milling, Leonard S ^b   Kirsch, Irving ^b   Duff, Ann ^b   Montgomery, Guy H ^c   Nicholls, Sarah S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditioning; Desire for relief; Expectancy; Pain memory; Placebo analgesia

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPECTANCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF REPORT;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; AFFECT; ANALGESICS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PLACEBO EFFECT; SKIN TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0032882313     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(99)00081-0     Document Type: Article

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