Enhancing treatment of osteoarthritis knee pain by boosting expectancy: A functional neuroimaging study
Objectives: Expectation can significantly modulate pain and treatment effects. This study aims to investigate if boosting patients' expectancy can enhance the treatment of knee osteoarthritis (KOA), and its underlying brain mechanism. Methods: Seventy-four KOA patients were recruited and random...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2018-01-01
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Series: | NeuroImage: Clinical |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213158218300214 |