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. 2018 Nov;18(10):1383-1389.
doi: 10.1080/17461391.2018.1496144. Epub 2018 Aug 16.

Consensus statement on placebo effects in sports and exercise: The need for conceptual clarity, methodological rigour, and the elucidation of neurobiological mechanisms

Christopher Beedie  1 , Fabrizio Benedetti  2 , Diletta Barbiani  2 , Eleanora Camerone  3 , Emma Cohen  4 , Damian Coleman  1 , Arran Davis  4 , Charlotte Elsworth-Edelsten  1 , Elliott Flowers  5 , Abby Foad  1 , Simon Harvey  1 , Florentina Hettinga  5 , Philip Hurst  6 , Andrew Lane  7 , Jacob Lindheimer  8 , John Raglin  9 , Bart Roelands  10 , Lieke Schiphof-Godart  11 , Attila Szabo  12
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Consensus statement on placebo effects in sports and exercise: The need for conceptual clarity, methodological rigour, and the elucidation of neurobiological mechanisms

Christopher Beedie et al. Eur J Sport Sci. 2018 Nov.
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Abstract

In June 2017 a group of experts in anthropology, biology, kinesiology, neuroscience, physiology, and psychology convened in Canterbury, UK, to address questions relating to the placebo effect in sport and exercise. The event was supported exclusively by Quality Related (QR) funding from the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE). The funder did not influence the content or conclusions of the group. No competing interests were declared by any delegate. During the meeting and in follow-up correspondence, all delegates agreed the need to communicate the outcomes of the meeting via a brief consensus statement. The two specific aims of this statement are to encourage researchers in sport and exercise science to 1. Where possible, adopt research methods that more effectively elucidate the role of the brain in mediating the effects of treatments and interventions. 2. Where possible, adopt methods that factor for and/or quantify placebo effects that could explain a percentage of inter-individual variability in response to treatments and intervention.

Keywords: Neuroscience; nutrition; performance; psychology.

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