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Response to Comment on: “Attempting to Separate Placebo Effects from Exercise in Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis”

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The Original Article was published on 21 December 2021

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  1. Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, 3220, Australia

    Patrick J. Owen, Daniel L. Belavy, Kate Sadler & Clint T. Miller

  2. Physio Meets Science GmbH, Leimen, Germany

    Tobias Saueressig

  3. Division of Physiotherapy, Department of Applied Health Sciences, Hochschule Für Gesundheit (University of Applied Sciences), Bochum, Germany

    Daniel L. Belavy

  4. School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Brisbane, Australia

    Christian A. Than

  5. School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, Newcastle, Australia

    Jake Ball

  6. Department of Neuroscience “Rita Levi Montalcini”, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

    Alessandro Piedimonte & Fabrizio Benedetti

  7. Medicine and Physiology of Hypoxia, Plateau Rosà, Zermatt, Switzerland

    Fabrizio Benedetti

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Patrick Owen, Tobias Saueressig, Daniel Belavy, Christian Than, Jake Ball, Kate Sadler, Alessandro Piedimonte, Fabrizio Benedetti and Clint Miller declare that they have no conflicts of interest relevant to the content of this letter.

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PJO, TS, DLB and CTM drafted the letter. All authors reviewed the letter critically and approved the final version.

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Owen, P.J., Saueressig, T., Belavy, D.L. et al. Response to Comment on: “Attempting to Separate Placebo Effects from Exercise in Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis”. Sports Med 52, 961–962 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-021-01622-7

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