@SquatUniversity We have data of the ability to do this with our narratives (see: https://t.co/twU8MdQ2l3 & https://t.co/dj4YF2Y8mu). For a direct trial on this ability in an exercise context see: [11
Relieving patients' pain with expectation interventions: a meta-analysis.
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- The meta-analysis investigates how expectation-based interventions such as verbal suggestion, conditioning, and mental imagery can help reduce pain in clinical patients, but most evidence is from studies on healthy individuals with experimental pain.
- The study found that these interventions have a medium overall effect on pain relief, with verbal suggestion especially effective for acute procedural pain, and smaller effects observed for chronic pain.
- The results suggest that simple, quick expectation interventions could be useful for improving pain treatment outcomes, particularly in specific contexts like acute pain, although more research is needed for clinical applications.
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@SquatUniversity We have data of the ability to do this with our narratives (see: https://t.co/twU8MdQ2l3 & https://t.co/dj4YF2Y8mu). For a direct trial on this ability in an exercise context see: [11
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