Clinical relevance of contextual factors as triggers of placebo and nocebo effects in musculoskeletal pain

Abstract Placebo and nocebo effects are embodied psycho-neurobiological responses capable of modulating pain and producing changes at different neurobiological, body at perceptual and cognitive levels. These modifications are triggered by different contextual factors (CFs) presented in the therapeut...

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Main Authors: Giacomo Rossettini, Elisa Carlino, Marco Testa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-01-01
Series:BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12891-018-1943-8