Placebo and nocebo in interventional pain management: A friend or a foe - Or simply foes?

Pain Physician

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Manchikanti, Laxmaiah ^a,b   Giordano, James ^c,d   Fellows, Bert ^a   Hirsch, Joshua A ^e,f  

^a PAIN MANAGEMENT CENTER OF PADUCAH   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d POTOMAC INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Inert agent; Neurobiological mediators; Nocebo; Nocebo hyperalgesia; Placebo; Placebo analgesia; Placebo effect; Placebo treatment; Psychophysiological mediators

Indexed keywords

OPIATE RECEPTOR; PLACEBO;

ANXIETY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COGNITION; CONDITIONING; EMOTION; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; MOTIVATION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NOCEBO EFFECT; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PLACEBO EFFECT; REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

HUMANS; PAIN; PLACEBO EFFECT;

EID: 79952842099     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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