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'Caution, this treatment is a placebo. It might work, but it might not': why emerging mechanistic evidence for placebo effects does not legitimise complementary and alternative medicines in sport
Beedie, Chris Whyte, G Cohen, E Raglin, J Hurst, P Coleman, D Foad, A
Beedie, Chris
Whyte, G
Cohen, E
Raglin, J
Hurst, P
Coleman, D
Foad, A
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2017-07-19
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Complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) are treatments for which either evidence is lacking, or for which evidence suggests no effect over a placebo treatment. When a non-evidence-based treatment is used alongside conventional medicine, it is considered ‘complementary’. When a non- evidence-based treatment is used instead of conventional medicine, it is considered ‘alternative’. Many forms of CAM have origins and/or a history of use beyond evidence-based medicine. Further, many CAM treatments are based on principles and/or evidence that are not recognised by the majority of independent scientists. When a person uses CAM and experiences an improvement in symptoms, this may be due to the placebo effect.
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Beedie C, Whyte G, Lane AM, et al‘Caution, this treatment is a placebo. It might work, but it might not’: why emerging mechanistic evidence for placebo effects does not legitimise complementary and alternative medicines in sportBritish Journal of Sports Medicine 2018;52:817-818.
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28724709
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0306-3674
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1473-0480
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Licence for published version: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International