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Case Studies | Medical Science | France | Volume 13 Issue 6, June 2024 | Rating: 5.3 / 10
Case Study on Chronic Pain Management with Millimetric Waves: A One-Year Follow-Up on Allodynia
Debouzy JC | Guillemin I | Crouzier D
Abstract: This communication aims to illustrate the complexity of healthcare in the context of chronic pain pathologies based on our previous publications. Hence, Armstrong and colleagues, and IASP [1, 2], clearly distinguish three main modes of pain: nociceptive, neuropathic, and nociplastic. In health care, etiological treatment of any lesion is the obvious effective approach, especially for nociceptive and/or neuropathic pain, where the support of the injury, whether it is anatomical tissue or nerve, is generally known. As regards the third type of pain - nociplastic, where the multifocal painful context (the usual hyperesthesia, among others) is in the foreground, the response to "pharmacological" therapies is disappointing, leading to a chronic evolution and to psychological and social consequences. Besides, non-pharmacological therapies (e.g. physical, acupuncture, TENS...) have provided good results in the care of chronic pain. Since 2015, miniaturized solutions have allowed the personal use of well-recognized analgesic properties of millimeter waves (MMW) -outside medical structures- in the management of chronic pain, and in particular neuroplastic or nociplastic pain, independently of any etiology. This case study explores the use of millimetric waves MMW in managing chronic pain, specifically in a patient suffering from allodynia following an acute trauma. Over a one-year weekly follow-up, the patient utilized a portable MMW-emitting wristband, leading to notable improvements in pain management, sleep quality, and overall quality of life. A special attention was paid to 1. Quality of life (PSQI, SF36), including environmental professional and personal factors and constraints-; 2. Pain (VAS and SF36), sleep quality (PSQI), and all-day life conditions (FIQc, PSQI, SF36). These scores were recorded at the beginning and the end of the observation period. The findings suggest that MMW therapy can be a viable non-pharmacological treatment for chronic neuroplastic pain, with significant implications for future research and clinical practice. This communication should be considered as an illustrative case report, this completing our other previous works mentioned in the bibliography (e.g. ref 9,11, 28-34). Thus, several parts in the present introduction section are close to those of previous papers.
Keywords: millimetric waves, chronic pain care, nociplastic, fibromyalgia
Edition: Volume 13 Issue 6, June 2024,
Pages: 1135 - 1139