PLACEBO EFFECT
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Warm-up secrets: can a fake workout boost athletic performance?
Knowledge-focused Not yet recruitingThis study looks at how different warm-up strategies affect jump height and agility in female athletes who play invasion sports like soccer, handball, and basketball. Twenty athletes will try three conditions: a standard warm-up, a warm-up with a performance-enhancing activity, a…
Matched conditions: PLACEBO EFFECT
Phase: NA • Sponsor: Universidade Federal do Triangulo Mineiro • Aim: Knowledge-focused
Last updated Jun 27, 2026 12:23 UTC
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Can watching someone get better make you feel less pain?
Knowledge-focused Not yet recruitingThis study looks at how seeing someone else benefit from a placebo treatment, along with your own past experiences, can influence the placebo effect. Researchers will use brain scans (fMRI) to understand these effects in 120 healthy adults. The goal is to learn what makes placebo…
Matched conditions: PLACEBO EFFECT
Phase: NA • Sponsor: Trustees of Dartmouth College • Aim: Knowledge-focused
Last updated Jun 27, 2026 08:12 UTC
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Brain's own opioids may power placebo effect for heartbreak and pain
Knowledge-focused Not yet recruitingThis early-phase study investigates whether the opioid system is involved in placebo effects on both physical pain and the pain of social rejection. Sixty adults who recently experienced an unwanted breakup will receive either naloxone (which blocks opioids) or saline, and be tol…
Matched conditions: PLACEBO EFFECT
Phase: EARLY_PHASE1 • Sponsor: Trustees of Dartmouth College • Aim: Knowledge-focused
Last updated Jun 27, 2026 08:03 UTC