Short-Term Effect of Negative Verbal Language Versus Positive Verbal Language on Physical and Functional Capacity and Pain in People With Chronic Primary Low Back Pain. [PDF]
ABSTRACT Background Low back pain (LBP) is the leading cause of years lived with disability. While education is recommended by most guidelines, the type of language used can lead to a placebo or nocebo effect. This study aims to compare the short‐term effect of negative language versus positive language on physical and functional capacity in ...
Schwendenmann Y +3 more
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Temporal structure of brain oscillations predicts learned nocebo responses to pain
This study aimed to identify electrophysiological correlates of nocebo-augmented pain. Nocebo hyperalgesia (i.e., increases in perceived pain resulting from negative expectations) has been found to impact how healthy and patient populations experience ...
Mia A. Thomaidou +5 more
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Learning mechanisms in nocebo hyperalgesia: The role of conditioning and extinction processes
Dataset by 'Learning mechanisms in nocebo hyperalgesia: The role of conditioning and extinction processes'
Thomaïdou, Mia
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Verbal modeling, counterconditioning, and operant conditioning are effective in nocebo hyperalgesia attenuation. [PDF]
Abstract Nocebo hyperalgesia, the increased pain following inert interventions, is frequently observed in clinical practice. This study investigates whether nocebo hyperalgesia can be reduced through counterconditioning, verbal modeling, and operant conditioning.
Rubanets D +4 more
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The role of pain expectancy and its confidence in placebo hypoalgesia and nocebo hyperalgesia. [PDF]
Abstract Placebo hypoalgesia and nocebo hyperalgesia, which exemplify the impact of expectations on pain, have recently been conceptualised as Bayesian inferential processes, yet empirical evidence remains limited. Here, we explore whether these phenomena can be unified within the same Bayesian framework by testing the predictive role of ...
Camerone EM, Tosi G, Romano D.
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Placebo Effect on Pain-Related Autonomic Responses in a State of Experimentally-Induced Sensitization. [PDF]
ABSTRACT Background Pain‐related autonomic responses are increased after experimentally‐induced secondary mechanical hyperalgesia (SMH), as well as in a variety of chronic pain cohorts. In this state of sensitization, negative expectations further amplify these enhanced responses.
Allmendinger F +5 more
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Neural Correlates of Explicit Outcome Expectation Effects: An Activation Likelihood Estimation Meta-Analysis. [PDF]
This ALE meta‐analysis of brain imaging studies published between 2014 and 2025 identified the caudate nucleus/lentiform nucleus as a core neural substrate of explicit outcome expectation effects, with the red nucleus emerging as an additional significant cluster.
Zhou J, Xu Y, Li T, Yang X.
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Can Nocebo Effects Be Reduced via Open- and Closed-Label Counterconditioning? [PDF]
ABSTRACT Background The overwhelming evidence of nocebo effects adversely affecting the experience of physical symptoms, such as pain, puts emphasis on the study of possible strategies to reduce nocebo effects. Counterconditioning, during which a previously conditioned effect is reversed, has been shown to be a possible promising strategy in a previous
Meijer S +3 more
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Placebo or Nocebo Interventions as Affected by Hypnotic Susceptibility
The purpose of the present study was to examine placebo and nocebo effects under hypnotic analgesia in lowly hypnotizable (LH) and highly hypnotizable (HH) subjects.
Yair Sharav, Yaron Haviv, Michael Tal
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Unraveling Inflammatory Pain: A Narrative Review of Molecular Pathways and Multidisciplinary Treatments. [PDF]
ABSTRACT Background Inflammatory pain is a widespread global health concern arising from complex molecular pathways triggered by a consequence of tissue damage and immune activation. It significantly impacts quality of life and functional outcomes, necessitating a comprehensive understanding of underlying mechanisms and multidisciplinary approaches for
Elmansy FM +6 more
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