Capitalizing on the Placebo Component of Treatments. Issue 4 (July 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Beedie, Chris; Foad, Abby; Hurst, Philip
• Is Part Of: Current sports medicine reports. Volume 14:Issue 4(2015:Jul./Aug.)
• Publication Date: 2015-07
• Subjects: Sports medicine -- Periodicals; Sports injuries -- Treatment -- Periodicals; 617.102705
• DOI: 10.1249/JSR.0000000000000172
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1537-890X

Abstract

<abstract> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <sec> <p>A placebo treatment is traditionally administered in a double-blind randomized controlled trial to control for the "real" effects of the treatment under investigation. In the present article, a broader view of the placebo is proposed, one in which the idea of a potentially "useable" placebo component of a sports or exercise medicine treatment is presented. It is argued that many interventions in sport and exercise psychology might contain a placebo component that could be capitalized upon by practitioners through processes often as simple as communicating positive expectations from a treatment to clients. Research findings relating to factors that might influence an individual's response to a placebo, such as personality, situation, and genetics, are briefly addressed. Ethical considerations for practice and future research are discussed.</p> </sec> </abstract>