Positive treatment expectancies reduce clinical pain and perceived limitations in movement ability despite increased experimental pain: a randomized controlled trial on sham opioid infusion in patients with chronic back pain

Increasing evidence for the efficacy of analgesic placebo effects in laboratory studies with healthy persons raises the question whether placebos could be used to improve the treatment of pain patients. Expectancies play a central role in shaping analgesic placebo but also nocebo effects.

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Main Authors: Schmitz, Julia (Author) , Flor, Herta (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: July 12, 2019
In: Psychotherapy and psychosomatics
Year: 2019, Volume: 88, Issue: 4, Pages: 203-214
ISSN:1423-0348
DOI:10.1159/000501385
Online Access:Verlag, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1159/000501385
Verlag: https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/501385
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Author Notes:Julia Schmitz, Maike Müller, Jan Stork, Iris Eichler, Christian Zöllner, Herta Flor, Regine Klinger
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Summary:Increasing evidence for the efficacy of analgesic placebo effects in laboratory studies with healthy persons raises the question whether placebos could be used to improve the treatment of pain patients. Expectancies play a central role in shaping analgesic placebo but also nocebo effects.
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ISSN:1423-0348
DOI:10.1159/000501385