Inducing expectations for health: Effects of verbal suggestion and imagery on pain, itch, and fatigue as indicators of physical sensitivity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Peerdeman, Kaya J ^a,b   Van Laarhoven, Antoinette I M ^a,b   Donders, A Rogier T ^b   Hopman, Maria T E ^b   Peters, Madelon L ^c   Evers, Andrea W M ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PHYSICAL SENSITIVITY; PRURITUS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SUGGESTION; THERAPY EFFECT; VERBAL SUGGESTION; ADOLESCENT; COLD; DRUG EFFECTS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; GUIDED IMAGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACEBO EFFECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; COLD TEMPERATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HISTAMINE; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); MALE; PAIN; PLACEBO EFFECT; PRURITUS; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SUGGESTION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84948661672     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0139563     Document Type: Article

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