Nocebo as headache trigger: Evidence from a sham-controlled provocation study with RF fields

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 117, Issue SUPPL. 188, 2008, Pages 67-71

  Stovner, L J ^a,c   Oftedal, G ^c   Straume, A ^b,c   Johnsson, A ^c  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Headache; Migraine; Mobile phone; Nocebo; Radiofrequency fields

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIGRAINE WITHOUT AURA; MOBILE PHONE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PROVOCATION TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY; SHAM PROCEDURE; TENSION HEADACHE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HEADACHE AND FACIAL PAIN; LEARNING; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PLACEBO EFFECT; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; CELLULAR PHONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEADACHE DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PLACEBO EFFECT; RADIO WAVES; RISK FACTORS; SET (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 42649114101     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: 16000404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2008.01035.x     Document Type: Article

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