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Pulsed magnetic field treatment as antineuropathic pain therapy

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Abstract

No satisfactory effective therapy is still available to treat trauma- or disease-induced neuropathic pain, and current available treatment options have several side effects. Pulsed magnetic field (PMF) treatments are receiving growing interest as a therapeutic approach for several neuronal diseases. Although the exact mechanism of action of PMF treatments is unknown, reported findings represent a promising alternative therapeutic choice for the management of neuropathic pain. PMF treatments can supply new strategies for the therapy of life-threatening neuropathic pain due to its antihyperglycemic, anti-inflammatory, antihyperalgesic, antiallodynic, and neuroimmunomodulatory actions. In this review, I summarized the several recent findings about antineuropathic actions of PMF treatment in experimental animals with neuropathic pain induced by disease and/or damage.

Acknowledgments

Author’s studies are supported by Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University Research Foundation.

  1. Conflict of interest statement: The author declares no conflict of interest. The author is solely responsible for the content of the paper.

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Received: 2017-1-7
Accepted: 2017-3-8
Published Online: 2017-5-20
Published in Print: 2017-10-26

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