@article {Stanforth:2011:1087-3244:257,
title = "An Investigation of Exercise and the Placebo Effect",
journal = "American Journal of Health Behavior",
parent_itemid = "infobike://png/ajhb",
publishercode ="png",
year = "2011",
volume = "35",
number = "3",
publication date ="2011-05-01T00:00:00",
pages = "257-268",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "1087-3244",
eissn = "1945-7359",
url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/png/ajhb/2011/00000035/00000003/art00001",
doi = "doi:10.5993/AJHB.35.3.1",
keyword = "PLACEBO, MIND-SET, EXERCISE, WORK",
author = "Stanforth, Dixie and Steinhardt, Mary and Mackert, Michael and Stanforth, Philip R. and Gloria, Christian T.",
abstract = "
Objective: To replicate previous research that concluded exercise affects health via a placebo effect: simply telling workers with physically active jobs that their "work is exercise" improves health. Method: A convenience sample of university building service workers
(n=53) learned "their work is exercise" or about job safety. Results: Groups demonstrated similar outcomes at 4 and 8 weeks for weight, percent fat, waist circumference, and behavioral measures. Both groups increased self-perception as "regular exercisers"; blood pressure was reduced
only in the intervention group. Conclusion: This research did not support the placebo effect. Although enticing, simply changing mind-set does not alter the relationship between exercise and health.",
}