Being Adaptive to Pain Enhances Sham Acupuncture Analgesia: A Crossover Healthy Human Study

• Main Authors: Zhen Zheng (Author), Dawn Wong Lit Wan (Author), Lars Arendt-Nielsen (Author), Dong Y. Yao (Author), Genevieve Iversen (Author), Charlie C. Xue (Author), Kelun Wang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Medical Association of Pharmacopuncture Institute, 2017-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

We have reported a model that distinguishes pain adaptive individuals (PA) from those who are pain non-adaptive (PNA). The present randomised, cross-over, participant-assessor blinded study aimed to determine the impact of pain adaptability on individuals' response to real and sham acupuncture....