Prior experience with a pain stimulus as a predictor of placebo analgesia

Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 136-142

  Geers, Andrew L ^a   Fowler, Stephanie L ^b   Wellman, Justin A ^c   Helfer, Suzanne G ^d   Close, Shane ^a   France, Christopher R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HARTWICK COLLEGE   (United States)

^d ADRIAN COLLEGE   (United States)

^e OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Cold pressor; Expectation; Pain; Placebo; Prior experience

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACEBO EFFECT; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ANALGESIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PLACEBO EFFECT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939880403     PISSN: 01607715     EISSN: 15733521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10865-014-9586-1     Document Type: Article

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