Quantifying the Placebo Effect in Psychological Outcomes of Exercise Training: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials

Sports Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 693-711

  Lindheimer, Jacob B ^a   O’Connor, Patrick J ^a   Dishman, Rod K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ANXIETY; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PLACEBO EFFECT; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

ANXIETY; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; HUMANS; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PLACEBO EFFECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84939936169     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: 11792035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40279-015-0303-1     Document Type: Review

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