Placebo Analgesia, Acupuncture and Sham Surgery

Placebo Analgesia, Acupuncture and Sham Surgery

Invasive procedures, such as surgery and acupuncture, are likely better than the others in terms of eliciting placebo analgesia. Understanding how invasive procedures can elicit enhanced placebo responses may provide new insights into mechanisms underlying placebo analgesia. In this essay, it is arg...

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Main Authors: Tao Liu, Cui-ping Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2011-01-01
Series:Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ecam/neq030
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spelling doaj-564d09193e5d4414b58a637de891c77d2020-11-24T22:35:57ZengHindawi LimitedEvidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine1741-427X1741-42882011-01-01201110.1093/ecam/neq030943147Placebo Analgesia, Acupuncture and Sham SurgeryTao Liu0Cui-ping Yu1Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2nd Teaching Hospital, Norman Bethune Medical School, University of Jilin, 218 Ziqiang Street, Changchun 130041, Jilin Province, ChinaDepartment of Anatomy, Changchun Medical College, Changchun, Jilin Province, ChinaInvasive procedures, such as surgery and acupuncture, are likely better than the others in terms of eliciting placebo analgesia. Understanding how invasive procedures can elicit enhanced placebo responses may provide new insights into mechanisms underlying placebo analgesia. In this essay, it is argued that sensory, cognitive and emotional factors are major determinants of the magnitude of placebo analgesia. Sham surgery and acupuncture are good examples of placebo interventions, which generate robust placebo responses through simultaneously manipulating such three factors.http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ecam/neq030
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description Invasive procedures, such as surgery and acupuncture, are likely better than the others in terms of eliciting placebo analgesia. Understanding how invasive procedures can elicit enhanced placebo responses may provide new insights into mechanisms underlying placebo analgesia. In this essay, it is argued that sensory, cognitive and emotional factors are major determinants of the magnitude of placebo analgesia. Sham surgery and acupuncture are good examples of placebo interventions, which generate robust placebo responses through simultaneously manipulating such three factors.
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