Enhance placebo, avoid nocebo: How contextual factors affect physiotherapy outcomes

M Testa, G Rossettini - Manual therapy, 2016 - Elsevier
Introduction Placebo and nocebo represent complex and distinct psychoneurobiological
phenomena in which behavioural and neurophysiological modifications occur together with …

Clinical relevance of contextual factors as triggers of placebo and nocebo effects in musculoskeletal pain

G Rossettini, E Carlino, M Testa - BMC musculoskeletal disorders, 2018 - Springer
Placebo and nocebo effects are embodied psycho-neurobiological responses capable of
modulating pain and producing changes at different neurobiological, body at perceptual and …

Psychological factors are associated with the outcome of physiotherapy for people with shoulder pain: a multicentre longitudinal cohort study

R Chester, C Jerosch-Herold, J Lewis… - British journal of sports …, 2018 - bjsm.bmj.com
Background/aim Shoulder pain is a major musculoskeletal problem. We aimed to identify
which baseline patient and clinical characteristics are associated with a better outcome, 6 …

Impact of contextual factors on patient outcomes following conservative low back pain treatment: systematic review

B Sherriff, C Clark, C Killingback, D Newell - Chiropractic & Manual …, 2022 - Springer
Background and objective Chronic low back pain is pervasive, societally impactful, and
current treatments only provide moderate relief. Exploring whether therapeutic elements …

What effect can manual therapy have on a patient's pain experience?

MD Bishop, R Torres-Cueco, CW Gay… - Pain …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Manual therapy (MT) is a passive, skilled movement applied by clinicians that directly or
indirectly targets a variety of anatomical structures or systems, which is utilized with the …

Kinesio taping in musculoskeletal pain and disability that lasts for more than 4 weeks: is it time to peel off the tape and throw it out with the sweat? A systematic review …

ECW Lim, MGX Tay - British journal of sports medicine, 2015 - bjsm.bmj.com
Introduction In recent years, Kinesio tape has been used to support injured muscle and
joints, and relieve pain. We compared the pain and disability in individuals with chronic …

[HTML][HTML] The prescription opioid crisis: role of the anaesthesiologist in reducing opioid use and misuse

EM Soffin, BH Lee, KK Kumar, CL Wu - British Journal of Anaesthesia, 2019 - Elsevier
Reports of strategies to prevent and treat the opioid epidemic are growing. Significant
attention has been paid to the benefits of opioid addiction research, clinical prescribing, and …

Self-efficacy and risk of persistent shoulder pain: results of a Classification and Regression Tree (CART) analysis

R Chester, M Khondoker, L Shepstone… - British journal of sports …, 2019 - bjsm.bmj.com
Objectives To (i) identify predictors of outcome for the physiotherapy management of
shoulder pain and (ii) enable clinicians to subgroup people into risk groups for persistent …

Effect of kinesiology taping on pain in individuals with musculoskeletal injuries: systematic review and meta-analysis

AM Montalvo, EL Cara, GD Myer - The Physician and …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Kinesiology tape, an elastic tape used by sports medicine clinicians to enhance sports
performance in athletes, is purported to facilitate a reduction in pain during physical activity …

An international consensus definition for contextual factors: findings from a nominal group technique

CE Cook, A Bailliard, JA Bent, JE Bialosky… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Objective Emerging literature suggests contextual factors are important components of
therapeutic encounters and may substantially influence clinical outcomes of a treatment …