Blar i forfatter Doktorgradsavhandlinger (Helsefak) "Bjørkedal, Espen"
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Active Placebo - The relation of treatment expectancies to active analgesic treatments
Bjørkedal, Espen (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2016-11-25)The placebo analgesic effect refers to the improvement in a group receiving an inert treatment compared to a group receiving no treatment. Conversely, nocebo hyperalgesia refers to the worsening in a group receiving an inert treatment compared to a no treatment control group. The hypothesis that active treatments, e.g. a drug, enhance the placebo effect has received some support but rarely been ...