World Congress on Pain (IASP) Sept 12-16, Boston, MA. USA

Refresher Course on Fibromyalgia and Myofascial Pain with Robert Gerwin, Maria Adele Giamberardino and William Maixner, Sept 12

Posters by Dr. Gerwin: 1). Proposed Model to explain the genesis of endplate noise in trigger points and its diminution in response to the alpha-adrenergic blocking agent phentolamine. 2). Ion Channel Polymorphism: a new model for the genesis of prolonged contracture of the trigger point taut band.