Abstract Purpose This study aimed to assess the impact of Rhodiola rosea (RR) supplementation on the dynamics of the accommodative response and digital eye strain (DES) symptoms following 30‐min visual tasks with different levels of cognitive demand. Methods Eighteen young adults (mean age ± SD: 24.6 ± 4.0 years) participated in this placebo‐controlled,
Paula M. Lara +6 more
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ABSTRACT Background Persistent mismatches between predicted and actual pain‐related signals, namely prediction errors (PEs), can cause maladaptive overestimation of pain intensity, a common feature of chronic pain states. Experimental protocols used to assess the contribution of central sensitisation (CS) to dysregulated prediction systems are lacking.
Federico Palmisani +4 more
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Learning Effects on Pain Generalize to Perceptually and Conceptually Similar Cues and Modify Pain Perception [PDF]
Prior learning about pain can drive a placebo or nocebo effect in later settings and influence pain more broadly. This up- or down-modulation of pain is influenced by expectations and learning during conditioning.
Kusko, Daniel A
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Patients presenting with somatic complaints: epidemiology, psychiatric comorbidity and management [PDF]
Somatic symptoms are the leading cause of outpatient medical visits and also the predominant reason why patients with common mental disorders such as depression and anxiety initially present in primary care. At least 33% of somatic symptoms are medically
Kroenke, Kurt
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Positive messages may reduce patient pain: A meta-analysis [PDF]
Introduction Current treatments for pain have limited benefits and worrying side effects. Some studies suggest that pain is reduced when clinicians deliver positive messages.
Howick, Jeremy, Mebius, Alexander
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Reliability of pain intensity clamping using response-dependent thermal stimulation in healthy volunteers [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Pain intensity clamping uses the REsponse-Dependent Stimulation (REDSTIM) methodology to automatically adjust stimulus intensity to maintain a desired pain rating set-point which is continuously monitored from a subject's real-time pain ...
Cruz-Almeida, Yenisel +4 more
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Nocebo Responses in Brain Diseases: A Systematic Review of the Current Literature
Placebo is an intervention with no therapeutic effect that is used as a control in randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Placebo effects and responses can produce a beneficial effect that cannot be attributed to the properties of the intervention itself, since it is usually inactive, and should, therefore, be due to the patient's expectations about ...
Zis, Panagiotis +3 more
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Can verbal suggestions strengthen the effects of a relaxation intervention? [PDF]
Short stress management interventions such as relaxation therapy have demonstrated preliminary effectiveness in reducing stress-related problems. A promising tool to strengthen the effectiveness of relaxation-based interventions is the use of verbal ...
Evers, Andrea W. M. +6 more
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Wireless communication fields and non-specific symptoms of ill health: a literature review [PDF]
Zusammenfassung: Dieser Artikel aktualisiert eine frühere systematische Literaturübersicht (1) zu den Auswirkungen hochfrequenter elektromagnetischer Felder (RF-EMF) auf die gesundheitsbezogene Lebensqualität.
Hug, Kerstin, Röösli, Martin
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Placebo in sports nutrition: a proof-of-principle study involving caffeine supplementation [PDF]
We investigated the effects of supplement identification on exercise performance with caffeine supplementation. Forty-two trained cyclists (age 37 ± 8 years, body mass [BM] 74.3 ± 8.4 kg, height 1.76 ± 0.06 m, maximum oxygen uptake 50.0 ± 6.8 mL/kg/min ...
Batterham +20 more
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