Personal Development for Smart People Forums

Personal Development for Smart PeopleTM Forums

 

Go Back   Personal Development for Smart People Forums > Personal Development > Health & Fitness

Notices

Health & Fitness Health issues, diet, exercise, sleep, fitness, endurance, flexibility, strength, physical skills, sports, health habits, healing

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 09-01-2009, 08:57 PM   #1 (permalink)
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Oregon
Posts: 238
Indy107 has a spectacular aura aboutIndy107 has a spectacular aura about
Default Arthroscopic Surgery No More Effective Than A Placebo

Excerpts from my blog posting this morning....

In the Summer of 1994, Sylvester Colligan, a 76-year-old World War II veteran from Beaumont, Tex., underwent Arthroscopic knee surgery to relieve arthritis pain in his knee. Sylvester's surgery was a success and now, years later, he is perfectly healed and walking without any pain whatsoever.

But there is a catch to this story............he never actually had any surgery at all.

He just 'thought' he did.
......

So Dr Moseley designed a trial where 180 patients would be put under the knife for arthroscopic knee surgery. They would be divided up into 3 groups. Group 1 would receive just the flushing. Group 2 would receive just the scraping, and group 3 would receive a placebo. In order for the placebo group to be convinced, it would have to look as if they really did have the surgery. So small incisions were made in the knee and then immediately sewed up, while a video tape was played of a previous, real surgery. No other procedure was done to the placebo patients.
........

During two years of follow-up, patients in all three groups reported moderate improvements in pain and ability to function. However, neither of the intervention groups reported less pain or better function than the placebo group. Indeed, the placebo patients reported better outcomes than the debridement patients at certain points during follow-up. Throughout the two years, the patients were unaware of whether they had received real or placebo surgery.

Full article is here
Indy107 is offline  
Digg this Post!Add Post to del.icio.usBookmark Post in TechnoratiFurl this Post!
Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

Tags
healing, mind, placebo, surgery

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are Off


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
psychic surgery amixa Psychic & Paranormal 7 08-27-2009 07:38 PM
Placebo Effect - Health humm64 Health & Fitness 4 08-16-2009 10:12 PM
How To Expect Miracles or Placebo Effect In Action ProLifestyler Spirituality, Consciousness, & Awareness 4 03-15-2009 06:01 PM
Is it possible to consciously get placebo? (PATHS) Erki Intention-Manifestation 7 04-09-2007 11:28 AM


All times are GMT. The time now is 04:48 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.2
Copyright ©2000 - 2013, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Search Engine Optimization by vBSEO 3.1.0
Copyright © 2010 by Pavlina LLC