Advances in Millimeter-Wave-Based Pain Therapy
A special issue of Life (ISSN 2075-1729). This special issue belongs to the section "Radiobiology and Nuclear Medicine".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2025 | Viewed by 49
Special Issue Editors
Interests: electromagnetic radiations (OEM); millimetric waves; NMR; biophysics; drug–membrane interactions
2. CLINATEC, Centre de Recherche Biomédicale Edmond j. Safra, Commissariat à L'énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, 17 rue des Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France
Interests: micro- and nano-medical technologies; chronic pain; pain management; osteoarthritis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Pain management is a ubiquitous global problem with increasing prevalence in various pathologies. Both acute and chronic pain have a profound impact on people’s lifestyle and quality of life, with half of chronic pain sufferers suffering constant pain and a third considering their pain to be severe.
Opioid analgesics are very useful for acute pain and pain at the end of life. They completely change the experience of patients enduring severe pain, especially post-surgical pains, and they should keep being used for the relief of moderate to severe pain.
The body possesses its own opioid system, using molecules with more potent analgesic effects than morphine. Because the release of endogenous opioids is triggered by the stimulation of the peripheral nervous system, treatments such as massages, thermal cures, acupuncture, and cryotherapy are often proposed to patients. These solutions, though effective, require significant time, money, and effort. A potential solution uses the emission of millimeter waves (MMW) that stimulate the peripheral nervous system, provoking the intracerebral release of endorphins (endogenous opioids). Enthusiastic scientists will present clinical, mechanistic, and fundamental mechanistic aspects. This issue highlights the potential of MMW therapy in pain care strategies.
Prof. Dr. Jean-Claude Debouzy
Dr. David Crouzier
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- millimetric waves
- pain therapy
- pain management
- electromagnetic radiations
- biophysics
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