Eric Emil Jacobson

Eric Emil Jacobson, Ph.D.

781-643-6874

Dr. Jacobson is a lecturer on social medicine. His initial research training was in medical anthropology, with a dissertation on psychiatric aspects of Tibetan medicine.

Address:
10 Ramsdell Court
Arlington, MA 02476

Affiliations:

Research Associate, Motion Analysis Laboratory
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital

Dr. Jacobson has been investigating Asian and other alternative therapies including work on studies of the placebo effect and diagnostic reasoning in acupuncture. Dr. Jacobson recently conducted a pilot clinical trial of an alternative manual therapy, structural integration, as a treatment for low-back pain.

Jacobson EE, Meleger AL, Bonato P, Wayne PM, Langevin HM, Kaptchuk TJ, Davis RB. Structural integration as an adjunct to outpatient rehabilitation for chronic nonspecific low back pain: a randomized pilot clinical trial. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2015; 2015:813418. PMID: 25945112.
Citations: 4
Bishop FL, Jacobson EE, Shaw J, Kaptchuk TJ. Participants' experiences of being debriefed to placebo allocation in a clinical trial. Qual Health Res. 2012 Aug; 22(8):1138-49. PMID: 22673094.
Citations: 8 Fields:
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Bishop FL, Jacobson EE, Shaw JR, Kaptchuk TJ. Scientific tools, fake treatments, or triggers for psychological healing: how clinical trial participants conceptualise placebos. Soc Sci Med. 2012 Mar; 74(5):767-74. PMID: 22285289.
Citations: 19 Fields:
Hea Psy Soc
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Jacobson E. Structural integration, an alternative method of manual therapy and sensorimotor education. J Altern Complement Med. 2011 Oct; 17(10):891-9. PMID: 21992437.
Citations: 7 Fields:
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Jacobson E. Structural integration: origins and development. J Altern Complement Med. 2011 Sep; 17(9):775-80. PMID: 21875349.
Citations: 2 Fields:
Com
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Kerr CE, Shaw JR, Conboy LA, Kelley JM, Jacobson E, Kaptchuk TJ. Placebo acupuncture as a form of ritual touch healing: a neurophenomenological model. Conscious Cogn. 2011 Sep; 20(3):784-91. PMID: 21397519.
Citations: 16 Fields:
Psy Psy
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Kaptchuk TJ, Shaw J, Kerr CE, Conboy LA, Kelley JM, Csordas TJ, Lembo AJ, Jacobson EE. "Maybe I made up the whole thing": placebos and patients' experiences in a randomized controlled trial. Cult Med Psychiatry. 2009 Sep; 33(3):382-411. PMID: 19597976.
Citations: 52 Fields:
Ant Psy Soc
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Kelley JM, Lembo AJ, Ablon JS, Villanueva JJ, Conboy LA, Levy R, Marci CD, Kerr CE, Kirsch I, Jacobson EE, Riess H, Kaptchuk TJ. Patient and practitioner influences on the placebo effect in irritable bowel syndrome. Psychosom Med. 2009 Sep; 71(7):789-97. PMID: 19661195.
Citations: 62 Fields:
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Lembo AJ, Conboy L, Kelley JM, Schnyer RS, McManus CA, Quilty MT, Kerr CE, Drossman D, Jacobson EE, Davis RB. A treatment trial of acupuncture in IBS patients. Am J Gastroenterol. 2009 Jun; 104(6):1489-97. PMID: 19455132.
Citations: 39 Fields:
Gas
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Passos MC, Lembo AJ, Conboy LA, Kaptchuk TJ, Kelly JM, Quilty MT, Kerr CE, Jacobson EE, Hu R, Friedlander E, Drossman DA. Adequate relief in a treatment trial with IBS patients: a prospective assessment. Am J Gastroenterol. 2009 Apr; 104(4):912-9. PMID: 19293784.
Citations: 14 Fields:
Gas
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Jacobson, E. Panic Attack in Tibetan refugees, In D Hinton and B Good (eds.) Culture and Panic Disorder. Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press. 2009.
Kaptchuk TJ, Kelley JM, Conboy LA, Davis RB, Kerr CE, Jacobson EE, Kirsch I, Schyner RN, Nam BH, Nguyen LT, Park M, Rivers AL, McManus C, Kokkotou E, Drossman DA, Goldman P, Lembo AJ. Components of placebo effect: randomised controlled trial in patients with irritable bowel syndrome. BMJ. 2008 May 03; 336(7651):999-1003. PMID: 18390493.
Citations: 306 Fields:
Med
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Jacobson, E. Soundings in Tibetan Medicine: Anthropological and Historical Perspectives. Proceedings of the Tenth International Association for Tibetan Studies. M Schrempf (ed), C Ramble (series ed.). 'Life-wind illness' In Tibetan medicine: Depression, generalized anxiety and panic attack. 2007.
Conboy LA, Wasserman RH, Jacobson EE, Davis RB, Legedza AT, Park M, Rivers AL, Morey EB, Nam BH, Lasagna L, Kirsch I, Lembo AJ, Kaptchuk TJ, Kerr CE. Investigating placebo effects in irritable bowel syndrome: a novel research design. Contemp Clin Trials. 2006 Apr; 27(2):123-34. PMID: 16427366.
Citations: 11 Fields:
Med The
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Schnyer RN, Conboy LA, Jacobson E, McKnight P, Goddard T, Moscatelli F, Legedza AT, Kerr C, Kaptchuk TJ, Wayne PM. Development of a Chinese medicine assessment measure: an interdisciplinary approach using the delphi method. J Altern Complement Med. 2005 Dec; 11(6):1005-13. PMID: 16398591.
Citations: 10 Fields:
Com
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Patel SM, Stason WB, Legedza A, Ock SM, Kaptchuk TJ, Conboy L, Canenguez K, Park JK, Kelly E, Jacobson E, Kerr CE, Lembo AJ. The placebo effect in irritable bowel syndrome trials: a meta-analysis. Neurogastroenterol Motil. 2005 Jun; 17(3):332-40. PMID: 15916620.
Citations: 79 Fields:
Gas Neu
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Stone DA, Kerr CE, Jacobson E, Conboy LA, Kaptchuk TJ. Patient expectations in placebo-controlled randomized clinical trials. J Eval Clin Pract. 2005 Feb; 11(1):77-84. PMID: 15660541.
Citations: 24 Fields:
Hea
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Jacobson E. . Healing by Hand: Bonesetting and Manual Medicine in Global Perspective, KS Oths and ZH Servando (eds). "Getting Rolfed": Structural bodywork, biomechanics and embodiment. 2004.
Jacobson E. Panic attack in a context of comorbid anxiety and depression in a Tibetan refugee. Cult Med Psychiatry. 2002 Jun; 26(2):259-79. PMID: 12211327.
Citations: 2 Fields:
Ant Psy Soc
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Greene PJ, Wayne PM, Kerr CE, Weiger WA, Jacobson E, Goldman P, Kaptchuk TJ. . The powerful placebo: doubting the doubters. Advances in Mind-Body Medicine. 2001; 4(17):298-307.
Jacobson EE, Meleger AL, Bonato P, Wayne PM, Langevin HM, Kaptchuk TJ, Davis RB. Structural Integration as an adjunct to outpatient rehabilitation for chronic non-specific low back pain: a randomized pilot clinical trial. Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2015:ID 813418. View Publication.