Placebo Mechanisms of Manual Therapy: A Sheep in Wolf 's Clothing?

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Placebo Mechanisms of Manual Therapy: A Sheep in Wolf 's Clothing?
Joel E. Bialosky, PT, PhD, Mark D. Bishop, PT, PhD, Charles W. Penza, DC, PhD
J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 2017;47(5):301–304. doi:10.2519/jospt.2017.0604

When a physical therapist provides a manual therapy (MT) intervention for a patient presenting with pain and the patient experiences a positive clinical outcome, we cannot answer as to why this occurs. Would we continue to devote valuable time and financial resources to learning and improving our skills in providing MT interventions if the related clinical outcomes were placebo responses? In this Viewpoint, the authors conceptualize placebo as an active and important mechanism of MT and argue that placebo mechanisms deserve consideration as an important component of the treatment effect.
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