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Jacobson E, Meleger A, Bonato P, Wayne P, Langevin H, Kaptchuk T, et al.
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med . 2015 May; 2015:813418. PMID: 25945112
Structural Integration (SI) is an alternative method of manipulation and movement education. To obtain preliminary data on feasibility, effectiveness, and adverse events (AE), 46 outpatients from Boston area with chronic...
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Bishop F, Jacobson E, Shaw J, Kaptchuk T
Qual Health Res . 2012 Jun; 22(8):1138-49. PMID: 22673094
Participants in placebo-controlled clinical trials give informed consent to be randomized to verum or placebo. However, researchers rarely tell participants which treatment they actually received. We interviewed 4 participants in...
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Bishop F, Jacobson E, Shaw J, Kaptchuk T
Soc Sci Med . 2012 Jan; 74(5):767-74. PMID: 22285289
Placebos are an essential tool in randomised clinical trials, where they are used to control for bias and contextual healing effects. Placebos and their effects are also studied from multiple...
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Kelley J, Lembo A, Ablon J, Villanueva J, Conboy L, Levy R, et al.
Psychosom Med . 2009 Aug; 71(7):789-97. PMID: 19661195
Objective: To determine whether placebo responses can be explained by characteristics of the patient, the practitioner, or their interpersonal interaction. Methods: We performed an analysis of videotape and psychometric data...
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Kaptchuk T, Shaw J, Kerr C, Conboy L, Kelley J, Csordas T, et al.
Cult Med Psychiatry . 2009 Jul; 33(3):382-411. PMID: 19597976
Patients in the placebo arms of randomized controlled trials (RCT) often experience positive changes from baseline. While multiple theories concerning such "placebo effects" exist, peculiarly, none has been informed by...
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Lembo A, Conboy L, Kelley J, Schnyer R, McManus C, Quilty M, et al.
Am J Gastroenterol . 2009 May; 104(6):1489-97. PMID: 19455132
Objectives: This study aimed to compare the effects of true and sham acupuncture in relieving symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Methods: A total of 230 adult IBS patients (75...
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Passos M, Lembo A, Conboy L, Kaptchuk T, Kelly J, Quilty M, et al.
Am J Gastroenterol . 2009 Mar; 104(4):912-9. PMID: 19293784
Objectives: Adequate relief (AR) of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) symptoms (IBS-AR) has been used as a primary end point in many randomized controlled trials of IBS and is considered by...
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Kaptchuk T, Kelley J, Conboy L, Davis R, Kerr C, Jacobson E, et al.
BMJ . 2008 Apr; 336(7651):999-1003. PMID: 18390493
Objective: To investigate whether placebo effects can experimentally be separated into the response to three components-assessment and observation, a therapeutic ritual (placebo treatment), and a supportive patient-practitioner relationship-and then progressively...
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Conboy L, Wasserman R, Jacobson E, Davis R, Legedza A, Park M, et al.
Contemp Clin Trials . 2006 Jan; 27(2):123-34. PMID: 16427366
Little is known about placebo effects with scientific precision. Poor methodology has confounded our understanding of the magnitude and even the existence of the placebo effect. Investigating placebo effects presents...