Placebo analgesia: Clinical considerations

Physiotherapy

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 735-743

  Cheing, Gladys L Y ^a   Cheung, Kenny S H ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Pain; Placebo

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRYOTHERAPY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MASSAGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SYMPTOM; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

EID: 0036905089     PISSN: 00319406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9406(05)60717-1     Document Type: Article

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