Consideration in Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial on Neck Pain to Avoid the Placebo Effect in Analgesic Action

• Main Authors: Yue-Li Sun (Author), Min Yao (Author), Yue-Feng Zhu (Author), Meng-Chen Yin (Author), Jin-Tao Liu (Author), Xin Chen (Author), Jin Huang (Author), Yu-Xiang Dai (Author), Wen-Hao Wang (Author), Zeng-Bin Ma (Author), Yong-Jun Wang (Author), Xue-Jun Cui (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: In neck pain treatment, many therapies are focused on etiology, while it is well-known that placebo analgesia is also present in these therapies. The specific efficacy for etiology may be underestimated by ignoring their actual placebo effect. In this study, a logistic regression analysi...