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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"Placebo effect"”.
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Demystifying the Placebo Effect
… offers a philosophical analysis of the placebo effect. After offering an overview of recent evidence concerning the phenomenon, I consider several prominent accounts of the placebo effect that have been put forward and argue that none of them are able to adequately account for the …
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The placebo effect: measurement by multiple methods
… (IAT) and physiological variables to the placebo effect. The thesis consisted of three main parts. The first collected background data and developed models for two constructs (Optimism and Mindfulness) associated with the placebo effect and implicit attitudes, respectively. The second part …
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The placebo effect in nutritional supplementation and improvement in performance outcomes : a meta-analysis
<p>A placebo is an inert substance given to a patient or subject that is not known to cause any physiological benefits. It is used in many clinical trials and research studies, however, there is always the chance the results of the study could display a possible placebo effect. The purpose of this …
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Expectation, the placebo effect and Parkinson's disease : an investigation using high-resolution positron emission tomography
The placebo effect represents a fascinating example of how cognition can influence the physiology of the brain and body. The expectation of therapeutic benefit elicited by a placebo given in the guise of active medication has been proposed to be a form of reward expectation, and is associated with …
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A Study of Fetal Tissue Implantation for the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease: Can Self-Efficacy and Social Support Predict Physical Functioning and Perceived Treatment?
… Crawford, 2006). Additionally, literature on the placebo effect has suggested that higher levels of self-efficacy and perceived social support can enhance and sustain the placebo effect (Crow et al., 1999; Howard, 2008; Kaptchuk et al., 2008; Miller et al., 2009). The present study examined the …
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The placebo response : a study of the personality correlates of placebo reactors
A definition of placebo accepted in this study was that of "an inactive substance or preparation,. formerly given to please or gratify a patient, now used in controlled studies to determine the efficacy of medicinal substances." The placebo effect was accepted as any effect attributable to a pill, …
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The placebo response : a study of the personality correlates of placebo reactors
A definition of placebo accepted in this study was that of "an inactive substance or preparation,. formerly given to please or gratify a patient, now used in controlled studies to determine the efficacy of medicinal substances." The placebo effect was accepted as any effect attributable to a pill, …
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Treatment of dentine hypersensitivity using desensitising toothpastes
… aimed at discovering which dentifrices are most effective at reducing DH, but the subjective nature of pain and the placebo effect, along with variation in study design make it very difficult to drawn definite conclusions. Results are mostly equivocal but from the studies reviewed in this report, …
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The Development and Use of an Intraoral Force Transducer in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Myasthenia Gravis
… to establish a basal level; Second, after a placebo injection; Third, after the injection of the anticholinesterase. The data were tabulated and evaluated using an analysis of variance with repeat measures design technique. The results of the statistical analysis of data verifies that the …
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Neuropsychological Aspects of Fetal Transplant Surgery for the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease: A Longitudinal Study
… and quality of life typically decline as the effectiveness of drug therapies diminishes. This study utilized medical, neuropsychological and quality of life data that were collected as part of a double-blind placebo surgery trial in which 40 patients were randomly assigned to receive bilateral …
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The impact of cryotherapy versus placebo interventions on recovery following strenuous exercise, and adaptations to resistance training
… and research suggests that reported beneficial effects may be attributed to the placebo effect. Furthermore, there is a need to examine the impact of repeated cryotherapy exposure on adaptations to training. Therefore, the aim of this thesis was to compare the effectiveness of CWI, WBC and …
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Dietary Compliance in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
… diet during Period III to minimize bias and the placebo effect and to maximize the accuracy of the statistics. Although 80 percent of the patients failed to reach complete dietary adherence but significant reduction in intake of protein, fat and sugar were achieved during the experimental …
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The Effects of a One-Tesla Magnet on Human Fibroblast Cell Growth
<p>The controversy regarding the ill effects of electromagnetic fields began in 1979 when Nancy Wertheimer and Ed Leeper claimed to have found a connection between childhood leukemia and power lines. In 1997, a group of researchers led by Martha Linet, M. D., attempted to provide evidence that …
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Placebo-Reaktionsraten : eine Meta-Analyse placebokontrollierter Doppelblindstudien
Einleitung: Sind Placebo-Effekte oder unspezifische Therapie-Effekte therapeutisch relevant oder nicht? Diese Frage spaltet die 'Scientific Community' in zwei Lager: jene die glauben, daß Placebos therapeutisch wirksam sein können und jene, die dies strikt verneinen. Im Rahmen dieser Arbeit wurde …
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The Indistinguishability Between the Arbitrary and Non-Arbitrary Nature of Things in Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit
… field of phenomenological anthropology and the placebo effect. Given our analysis of the two contemporary phenomena which we suggest add credence to this thesis, we aimed to show that epistemological agnosticism toward the arbitrary nature of things is a reasonable philosophical position to …
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Gestalt Biometrics and their Applications; Instrumentation, objectivity and poetics
This thesis is about the relationship between human bodies and instrumental technologies that can be use to measure them. It adopts the position that instruments are technological structures that evoke and manifest particular phenomena of embodied life. However, through their history of association …
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Risk factors and the effectiveness of back belts in the prevention of back pain amongst forklift drivers subject to whole body vibration exposure
… leading to musculo-skeletal injury. The health effects in this occupational group in South Africa, could be affecting upwards of 90 000 forklift drivers, and has a great direct and indirect influence on people's health at work as well as productivity and the economy. Purpose: To characterise the …
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A randomised controlled trial of Absorbatox TM C35 in irritable bowel syndrome: a pilot study
… medicine (CAM) mainly because of the ineffective cure rate with conventional western treatment. It is estimated that 40% of IBS sufferers seek symptomatic relief from CAM. A lack of understanding of the pathophysiology mechanism has been labelled as the main cause for poor IBS …
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The effect of holographic bracelets on balance
… The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of the holographic bracelet on an Athlete’s balance. Ten male high school baseball players performed modified Star Excursion Balance Test. The test measured maximal reach distance in anterior, posteromedial, posterolateral directions. The …
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