Effects of Ginger and Expectations on Symptoms of Nausea in a Balanced Placebo Design

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Weimer, Katja ^a   Schulte, Jörg ^a   Maichle, Annamaria ^a   Muth, Eric R ^b   Scisco, Jenna L ^b   Horing, Björn ^a   Enck, Paul ^a   Klosterhalfen, Sibylle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GINGER EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYDROCORTISONE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ANTIEMETIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROGASTROGRAPHY; EXPECTATION; FACTORIAL DESIGN; FEMALE; GINGER; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL TOLERANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROTATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYMPTOM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ANTIEMETICS; FEMALE; GINGER; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; NAUSEA; PLACEBO EFFECT; ROTATION; STOMACH; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

ZINGIBER OFFICINALE;

EID: 84869002018     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049031     Document Type: Article

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