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

doi:10.1080/17461391.2018.1496144

. 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 Beedie¹, Fabrizio Benedetti², Diletta Barbiani², Eleanora Camerone³, Emma Cohen⁴, Damian Coleman¹, Arran Davis⁴, Charlotte Elsworth-Edelsten¹, Elliott Flowers⁵, Abby Foad¹, Simon Harvey¹, Florentina Hettinga⁵, Philip Hurst⁶, Andrew Lane⁷, Jacob Lindheimer⁸, John Raglin⁹, Bart Roelands¹⁰, Lieke Schiphof-Godart¹¹, Attila Szabo¹²

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¹ a Human & Life Sciences , Canterbury Christ Church University , Canterbury , UK.
² b Department of Neuroscience , University of Turin , Turin , Italy.
³ c Department of Neuroscience, University of Genoa , Genoa , Italy.
⁴ d Institute of Cognitive & Evolutionary Anthropology , University of Oxford , Oxford , UK.
⁵ e School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Science , University of Essex , Colchester , UK.
⁶ f School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences , University of Birmingham , Birmingham , UK.
⁷ g Faculty of Education Health and Wellbeing , University of Wolverhampton , Wolverhampton , UK.
⁸ h War Related Illness and Injury Study Center , US Department of Veterans Affairs , East Orange , NJ , USA.
⁹ i School of Public Health , Indiana University , Bloomington , IN , USA.
¹⁰ j Department of Human Physiology , Vrije Universiteit Brussel , Brussels , Belgium.
¹¹ k Faculty of Health, Nutrition & Sports , The Hague University of Applied Sciences , Hague , The Netherlands.
¹² l Institute of Health Promotion and Sport Sciences , ELTE Eötvös Loránd University , Budapest , Hungary.

PMID: 30114971
DOI: 10.1080/17461391.2018.1496144

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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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. 2018 Nov;18(10):1383-1389.

doi: 10.1080/17461391.2018.1496144. Epub 2018 Aug 16.

Authors

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¹ a Human & Life Sciences , Canterbury Christ Church University , Canterbury , UK.
² b Department of Neuroscience , University of Turin , Turin , Italy.
³ c Department of Neuroscience, University of Genoa , Genoa , Italy.
⁴ d Institute of Cognitive & Evolutionary Anthropology , University of Oxford , Oxford , UK.
⁵ e School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Science , University of Essex , Colchester , UK.
⁶ f School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences , University of Birmingham , Birmingham , UK.
⁷ g Faculty of Education Health and Wellbeing , University of Wolverhampton , Wolverhampton , UK.
⁸ h War Related Illness and Injury Study Center , US Department of Veterans Affairs , East Orange , NJ , USA.
⁹ i School of Public Health , Indiana University , Bloomington , IN , USA.
¹⁰ j Department of Human Physiology , Vrije Universiteit Brussel , Brussels , Belgium.
¹¹ k Faculty of Health, Nutrition & Sports , The Hague University of Applied Sciences , Hague , The Netherlands.
¹² l Institute of Health Promotion and Sport Sciences , ELTE Eötvös Loránd University , Budapest , Hungary.

PMID: 30114971
DOI: 10.1080/17461391.2018.1496144

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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