Brain Mechanisms of Psychosocial Aspects of Acupuncture Therapy

Exclusion criteria

• ✕. Male and female healthy clinicians.
• ✕. 25-65 years of age (clinicians)
• ✕. Ability to read and understand English; English can be a second language provided that the participant feels that he/she understand all the questions used in the assessment measures.
• ✕. Have a clinical diagnosis of fibromyalgia and meet the Wolfe et al 2011 research criteria for fibromyalgia for at least one year
• ✕. Are on stable doses of medication for 30 days prior to entering the study and agree not to change medications or dosages during the trial
• ✕. 21-65 years of age
• ✕. Ability to read and understand English; English can be a second language provided that the participant feels that he/she understand all the questions used in the assessment measures.
• ✕. Any longer period of work experience involving pain treatment, pain rehabilitation etc. This is in order to exclude participants with biased expectations regarding different methods of analgesia.