Enhancing treatment of osteoarthritis knee pain by boosting expectancy: A functional neuroimaging study

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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Main Authors: Jian Kong, Zengjian Wang, Jaclyn Leiser, Domenic Minicucci, Robert Edwards, Irving Kirsch, Ajay D. Wasan, Courtney Lang, Jessica Gerber, Siyi Yu, Vitaly Napadow, Ted J. Kaptchuk, Randy L. Gollub
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-01-01
Series:NeuroImage: Clinical
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213158218300214

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