PAIN
Volume 146, Issue 1 , Pages 194-198 , November 2009

Reproducibility of placebo analgesia: Effect of dispositional optimism

  • Debbie L. Morton

      Affiliations

    • Human Pain Research Group, University of Manchester Rheumatic Diseases Centre, Salford Royal Hospital, Salford, Manchester M6 8HD, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Human Pain Research Group, University of Manchester Rheumatic Diseases Centre, Clinical Sciences Building, Salford Royal Hospital, Salford, Manchester M6 8HD, UK. Tel.: +44 0161 2060205; fax: +44 0161 2064687.
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  • Alison Watson

      Affiliations

    • Human Pain Research Group, University of Manchester Rheumatic Diseases Centre, Salford Royal Hospital, Salford, Manchester M6 8HD, UK
    • ,
  • Wael El-Deredy

      Affiliations

    • School of Psychological Sciences, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
    • ,
  • Anthony K.P. Jones

      Affiliations

    • Human Pain Research Group, University of Manchester Rheumatic Diseases Centre, Salford Royal Hospital, Salford, Manchester M6 8HD, UK

Received 4 February 2009 ,Revised 16 July 2009 ,Accepted 22 July 2009.

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PII: S0304-3959(09)00411-4

doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2009.07.026

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