A comparison of placebo effects in clinical analgesic trials versus studies of placebo analgesia

Pain

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 443-452

  Vase, Lene ^a   Riley III, Joseph L ^b   Price, Donald D ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditioning; Instruction; Magnitude; Placebo analgesia; Suggestion

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUGGESTION;

ANALGESIA; CLINICAL TRIALS; HUMANS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PLACEBO EFFECT;

EID: 0036803108     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(02)00205-1     Document Type: Article

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