The Journal of Pain
Volume 11, Issue 6 , Pages 555-563 , June 2010

The Impact of Placebo, Psychopathology, and Expectations on the Response to Acupuncture Needling in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain

  • Ajay Darsh Wasan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Dr. Ajay Wasan, Pain Management Center, suite 320, 850 Boylston St, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467.
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  • Jian Kong

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • ,
  • Loc-Duyen Pham

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Ted J. Kaptchuk

      Affiliations

    • Osher Research Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Robert Edwards

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
    • Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Randy L. Gollub

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

Received 9 March 2009 ,Revised 19 August 2009 ,Accepted 23 September 2009.

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 Supported by NIH grants# NIDA 1K23DA020681-01A1 and NCCAM P01 AT002048-01 (A.D.W.); NCAAM KO1AT003883 (J.K.); NCAAM K24AT004095 (T.K.).

PII: S1526-5900(09)00768-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2009.09.013

The Journal of Pain
Volume 11, Issue 6 , Pages 555-563 , June 2010

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