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Placebo

Placebo
Are we using the placebo effect in our physiotherapy treatment already? Which factors influence the placebo effect in our treatment? And are these effects really that important? Great lecture by Lars Avemarie. Read more ↓
3 Episodes 49m
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What the Placebo and Nocebo Effects Really Are

What the placebo and nocebo effects are, why placebo is an uncertain and unstable effect built from words, rituals and meaning, and why careless communication can create nocebo responses that last.

16:34
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What Research Shows About the Size and Reliability of Placebo

What studies show about how often placebo works, how its size varies with the type of intervention, why it acts mainly on subjective outcomes, and why many of its drivers lie outside the therapist's control.

13:44
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Ethics of Placebo Treatment and Maximizing Nonspecific Effects

Why treatments that rely only on placebo raise ethical problems, the risks of chasing patient satisfaction, and how the five E's can strengthen the nonspecific effects of science-based care such as exercise.

19:08

 

 

Learning objectives

> You should be able to define placebo and nocebo.

> You should be able to review different factors that can impact the placebo effect

> You should be able to discuss the use of placebo in treatment.

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