The hidden effects of blinded, placebo-controlled randomized trials: An experimental investigation

Pain

Volumn 153, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2473-2477

  Rief, Winfried ^a   Glombiewski, Julia A ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active placebo; Expectation; Pain threshold; Placebo

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN; NOSE SPRAY; PLACEBO; SESAME SEED OIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EXPECTATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CAPSAICIN; DICLOFENAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN THRESHOLD; PLACEBO EFFECT; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868544661     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2012.09.007     Document Type: Article

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