Systematic reviews
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Review Meta Analysis
Pain rewarded: hyperalgesic and allodynic effect of operant conditioning in healthy humans-protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.
'Pain rewarded' is a hypothesis wherein acute pain sufferers are exposed to reinforcers and punishers from their environment that shape their behaviour, i.e. pain responses. Such a point of view has been taken for granted by many clinicians and researchers although existing evidence has not yet been systematically summarized. This planned systematic review and meta-analysis is aiming to summarize the research findings on pain modulation (hyperalgesic effect) and pain elicitation (allodynic effect) resulting from operant conditioning procedures in healthy humans. ⋯ PROSPERO CRD42017051763.