Myths and Truths about Placebo Effect in Rehabilitation for Musculoskeletal Pain
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Giovanni Iolascon1, Antimo Moretti2
1Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties and Dentistry, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Via de Crecchio, 6, 80138, Naples, Italy. giovanni.iolascon@unicampania.it.
Advances in Therapy
|September 3, 2021
Abstract:
This commentary provides the authors' point of view about the biopsychosocial perspective of placebo effect on musculoskeletal pain in the rehabilitation field.
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