Expectations of increased and decreased pain explain the effect of conditioned pain modulation in females.

J Pain Res · 2012 · PMC3442740 · PMID 23049277

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almost reached significanceP = 0.05actually significant

The decrease in pain in the analgesia group was significant ( P = 0.02) and the increase in pain in the hyperalgesia group almost reached significance ( P = 0.05).

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approached significanceP = 0.06so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

The correlation between change in pain intensity and change in HR approached significance (r(64) = 0.24, P = 0.06).

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