Jan 2024

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329: Nocebo and Therapeutic Exercise

Jason Tuori, Megan Graham, & Chris Juneau

About this episode

On this episode we were joined by special guest physical therapist Zak Gabor.

Are patients picking up what we are putting down? Considering nocebo effects in exercise for musculoskeletal pain
Cormack B, Rossettini G.
Front Psychol. 2023;14:1291770. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1291770

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