Context matters: the psychoneurobiological determinants of placebo, nocebo and context-related effects in physiotherapy

Abstract Background Placebo and nocebo effects embody psychoneurobiological phenomena where behavioural, neurophysiological, perceptive and cognitive changes occur during the therapeutic encounter in the healthcare context. Placebo effects are produced by a positive healthcare context; while nocebo...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Giacomo Rossettini, Eleonora Maria Camerone, Elisa Carlino, Fabrizio Benedetti, Marco Testa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-06-01
Series:Archives of Physiotherapy
Subjects:
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40945-020-00082-y