Placebo response to manual therapy: Something out of nothing?

Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-19

  Bialosky, Joel E ^a   Bishop, Mark D ^a   George, Steven Z ^a   Robinson, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Manual therapy; Pain; Placebo

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONDITIONING; EXPECTATION; HUMAN; HYPOALGESIA; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MOOD; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; PLACEBO EFFECT;

EID: 79952432034     PISSN: 10669817     EISSN: 20426186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2042618610Y.0000000001     Document Type: Article

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