Publications

Peer-reviewed articles

  1. Baker M, Hadler N, Whitaker JN, Dunner DL, Gerwin RD, Decker JL: Psychopatholgy in systemic lupus erythematosis. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism 3 (2): 111- 126,1973

  2. Hadler NM, Gerwin RD, Frank MM, Whitaker JN, Baker M, Decker JL: The fourth component of complement in the cerebrospinal fluid in systemic lupus erythematosis. Arthritis and Rheumatism 16:507- 521, 1973

  3. Wolfe F, Simons DG, Fricton J, Bennett RM, Goldenberg DL, Gerwin RD, Hathaway D, McCain GA, Russell IJ, Sanders HO, Skootsky SA: The fibromyalgia and myofascial pain syndromes: a preliminary study of tender points and trigger points in persons with fibromyalgia, myofascial pain syndrome and no disease. Journal of Rheumatology 19:944-951, 1992

  4. Gerwin RD, Shannon S, Hong C-Z, Hubbard DR and Gevirtz R: Myofascial trigger point examination: interrater reliability. Pain 69:65-73, 1997

  5. Gerwin, RD. A Standing Complaint: Inability to Sit. An Unusual Presentation of Medial Hamstring Myofascial Pain Syndrome. J Musculoskel Pain. 9(4): 81-93, 2001

  6. Fernández de las Peñas C, Cuadrado ML, Gerwin RD, Pareja JA. Referred pain from the trochlear region in tension type headache: a myofascial trigger point from the superior oblique muscle. Headache 45:1-9, 2006.

  7. Fernández de las Peñas C, Alonso-Blanco C, Cuadrado ML, Gerwin RD, Pareja JA. Trigger points in the suboccipital muscles and forward head posture in tension-type headache: a blinded, controlled study. Headache 46:454-460, 2006.

  8. Fernández de las Peñas C, Cuadrado ML, Gerwin RD, Pareja JA. Myofascial disorders in the trochlear region in unilateral migraine: a possible initiating or perpetuating factor. Clinical J Pain 22: 548-553, 2006.

  9. Fernández-de-las-Peñas C, Alonso-Blanco C, Cuadrado ML, Gerwin RD, Pareja JA. Myofascial trigger points and their relationship with headache parameters in chronic tension type headache. Headache 46:1264-1272, 2006.

  10. Scott A, Barton P, Gerwin RD, Guo B. Trigger Point Injections for non-malignant musculoskeletal pain:a systematic review. Pain Medicine 10:54-69., 2009

  11. River Yaron Aharony Shelly, Bracha Jillian, Levital Tamir, Gerwin Robert. Three-dimensional computerized mobilization of the cervical spine for the treatment of chronic neck pain: a pilot study. Pain Medicine 2014;15:1091-1099

  12. Minerbi, A, Ratmansky M, Finestone A, Gerwin R, Vulfsons S. The local and referred pain          patterns of the longus colli muscle. J Bodywork and Movement Therapies. 2016; xx, 1-7. http//    dx.doi.org.10.1016/j.bmt.2016.06.020

  13. Gerwin RD. Botulinum toxin in the treatment of refractory erythromelalgia pain. Pain Medicine 2019; 20(6):1251-55

  14. Gerwin RD, Cagnie B, Petrovic M, Van Dorpe J, Calders P, De Meulemeester K. Foci of contracted sarcomeres in trapezius muscle biopsy specimens in human myalgic and non-myalgic subjects: a preliminary study. Pain Medicine 2020 (in press).

INVITED OR REVIEW ARTICLES

1.  Gerwin R.  Myofascial Aspects of Low Back Pain. In Loeser J (ed), Neurosurg Clin North Am. 2:761-784, 1991

2.  Gerwin RD. The management of myofascial pain syndromes. Co-published simultaneously in the Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain, 1:83-94, 1993; and Musculoskeletal Pain. Myofascial Pain Syndrome and the Fibromyalgia Syndrome: Proceedings from the Second World Congress on Myofascial Pain and Fibromyalgia (ed: Soren Jacobsen, Bente Danneskiold-Samsoe, and Birger Lund) 1993 The Haworth Press, Inc. Binghamton, N.Y., pp.83-94, 1993

3.  Gerwin RD. Neurobiology of the myofascial trigger point. In Masi, AT (Ed.) Fibromyalgia and Myofascial Pain Syndromes  Bailliere Tindall, London, pp 747-762, 1994

 

4.  Gerwin RD. Myofascial Pain Syndromes in the Upper Extremity. Journal of Hand Therapy,10: l30-136, 1997

 

5.  Gerwin, RD.  Myofascial pain and fibromyalgia: diagnosis and treatment. Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, 11:175-181, 1998.

 

6.  Gerwin RD. Differential diagnosis of myofascial pain syndrome and fibromyalgia. Co-published simultaneously in J of  Musculoskel Pain 7(2):209-215, 1999, and in Vecchiet L, Giamberadino MA (Eds.). Muscle Pain, Myofascial Pain, and Fibromyalgia: recent advances. The Haworth Press, Inc.  Binghampton, NY. Pp 109-215, 1999.

 

7.  Gerwin RD. Myofascial pain syndromes from trigger points. Current Review of Pain 3:153-159, 1999.

 

8.  Gerwin RD. Classification, epidemiology, and natural history of myofascial pain syndrome. Current Pain and Headache Reports 5:412-420, 2001.

 

9.   Gerwin RD. Myofascial and visceral pain syndromes: visceral-somatic pain representations. J Musculoskel Pain 10(1/2) 165-175, 2002.

 

10.  Gerwin RD.  Differential diagnosis of trigger points. J Musculoskel Pain 12(3/4):23-28, 2004.

 

11.  Gerwin RD, Dommerholt J, Shah JP. An expansion of Simons’ integrated hypothesis of trigger point formation. Current Pain and Headache Reports. 8:468-475, 2004.

 

12.  a. Gerwin, RD.  Factores que promueven las persisticia de miaglgia en el síndrome de dolor  miofascial y en la fibromialgia (Factors that promote persistent myalgia: myofascial pain and fibromyalgia). Fisioterapia, 27:76-86, 2005 [Spanish].

       b.  Gerwin, RD. A review of myofascial pain and fibromyalgia – factors that promote their persistence.  Acupuncture in Medicine, 23(3):121-134, 2005 (An expanded and more extensive presentation of the paper published in Spanish).

 

13.  Gerwin, RD. The taut band and other mysteries of the trigger point: an examination of the mechanisms relevant to the development and maintenance of the trigger point. J Musculoskel Pain 16(1-2):115-121, 2008.

 

14.   Gerwin, RD.  Botulinum toxin of Myofascial Pain. Current Pain and Headache Reports. (DOI) 10.1007/s11916-012-0287-6 (epub ahead of print. 2012

 

15.    Gerwin RD. Diagnosis of Myofascial Pain Syndrome, in Schreiber AL (ed). Challenging Pain Syndromes. Clinics Review Articles, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America, Elsevier, Philadelphia, May 2014 25(2):341-355. 

 

16.  Gerwin RD. Myofascial trigger point pain syndromes. Seminars in Neurology. Semin Neurol 2016;36:1-5.

Consensus statements: 

I.     American Pain Society Guidelines for the Treatment of Fibromyalgia: 

    Guideline for the management of fibromyalgia syndrome pain in adults and children. APS Clinical Guidelines Series No 4, 2005

    Burckhardt C, Goldenberg DL, Crofford LJ, Gerwin R, Gowans R, Kugel P, Jackson II KC, McCarberg W, Rudin NS, Schanberg L, Taylor AG, Taylor J, Turk DC. 

 

II.     The Canadian Obstetrics and Gynecological Society guidelines for the treatment of endometriosis:

    Jarrell JF, Vilos GA, Allaire C, Burgess S, Fortin C, Gerwin R, Lapensee L, Lea RH, Leyland NA, Martyn P, Shenassa H, Taenzer P, Abu-Rafea B. Consensus guidelines for the management of chronic pelvic pain. Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2005; 27(8):781-826 and 27(9):869-887.

 

 

Editorials:

 

  1. Gerwin, RD. Myopain 2007 Program Chairman Editorial (introduction to the issue devoted to the proceedings of the 2007 International Myopain Congress). J Musculoskel Pain 16(1-2):7-9, 2008.

    1. Gerwin, RD Musculoskeletal Pain: a new section. Pain Medicine, in print, 2011

    2. Gerwin RD Are peripheral pain generators important in fibromyalgia and chronic widespread pain? Pain Medicine 2013, 14: 777-778.

    3. Gerwin RD Benign Joint Hypermobility is not Benign. Myopain, A Journal of Myofascial Pain and Fibromyalgia. Early Online 1-2, 2016. DOI: 103109/10582452.2016.11562089

    4. Gerwin RD. Trigger Point Diagnosis: At Last, the First Word on Consensus. 10.1093/pm/pnx219. Pain Medicine,, 2017

    5. Gerwin RD. The Enigma of Muscle Pain. Pain Medicine 2019;20(7):1261-1264.

Letters to the Editor

1. Gerwin RD, Duranleau D. Ultrasound identification of the myofascial trigger point. Muscle Nerve 20(6):767-8,1997.

 

2. Gerwin R, Shannon S. Interexaminer reliability and myofascial trigger points. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 81:1257-1258, 2000.

 

3. Gerwin, R.  Letter to the Editor (regarding Chronic Tension Type Headache, a response to an article by David Dodick). New England J Med 354:1958, 2006.

 

 

Book Chapters: 

 

1.  Gerwin RD. Myofascial back and neck pain. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation;State of the Art Reviews. Lavin R, Young (Eds.) 1995 Hanley & Bellus, Inc. Philadelphia, 9:657-671.

 

2.  Gerwin, RD and Dommerholt J. Treatment of myofascial pain syndromes. In: Weiner RS, Ed, Pain Management: a practical guide for clinicians. a) Fifth Edition, 1998, Boca Raton, St. Lucie Press, pp 217-229.  b) Sixth Edition (chapter revision), 2002, Boca Raton, CRC Press, pp 235-249.

 

3.  Gerwin, RD. Management of persons with chronic pain. In Ozer, MN (Ed.), Management of persons with chronic neurologic illness, (2000), Butterworth/Heinemann, Boston, pp 265-290.

 

4. Gerwin, RD.  Myofascial Pain.  In: Grabois, M, Garrison, SJ, Hart, KA, Lehmkuhl, ID, (Eds.), Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation: The Complete Approach. 2000, London, Blackwell Science, Inc., pp. 1066-1087.

 

5. Gerwin RD. The Diagnosis of Myofascial Pain Syndromes.  In Turk DC and Melzack RP (Eds). Handbook of Pain Assessment, 2nd Edition, 2001. The Guilford Press, New York, pp  499-518 (chapter written for the 1st  Edition completely revised).

 

6.  Gerwin, R. Myofascial Pain and Fibromyalgia. In: Wallace MS and Staats P (Eds). Pain Medicine and Management. McGraw-Hill, New York, 2004; pp 204-209.     

 

7.  Gerwin RD. The Myalgic Syndromes. In: Pappagallo M (Ed). The Neurological Basis of        Pain. McGraw Hill, New York, 2005; pp 503-511. 

 

8. Gerwin R.  Headache. In: Ferguson LW, Gerwin R (Eds). Clinical Mastery in the Treatment of Myofascial Pain. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2005; pp. 1-29.

 

9. Gerwin R. “Myalgia”  and “Pelvic Pain Syndromes” . In: Schmidt RF and Willis WD (Eds). The Encyclopedia of Pain.  Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007 (published both in print and electronic versions).

 

10. Gerwin R    Myofascial Pain Syndrome: Unresolved issues and future directions. In: Dommerholt J, Huijbregts PA. (Eds). Myofascial Trigger Points:Pathophysiology and Evidence-Informed Diagnosis and Management. Forest Grove, OR, Otter Rock Press, 2008

 

11. Gerwin RD. Botulinum Toxin A in the treatment of headaches. In Fernandez-de-Las-Peñas C, Arendt-Nielsen L, Gerwin R (Eds). Tension-Type Headache and Cervicogenic Headache: pathophysiology, diagnosis and management. Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Boston, 2010.

 

12. Gerwin RD, Fernandez de las Peñas C. Manual Approaches for Myofascial Trigger Points. In Multidisciplinary Management of Migraine. (Eds) Fernandez de las Peñas C, Chaitow L, Schoenen J. Jones and Bartlett Learning, Burlington, MA, USA,  2013, pp167-184.

 

13. Gerwin RD. Visceral pain and headache in Fibromyalgia. In: Giamberardino MA and Jensen T (Eds). Pain Comorbidities: understanding and treating the complex patient. IASP Press, Seattle, 2012. 

 

14. Gerwin, Robert. Botulinum Toxin in the management of painful conditions. In:  Deer TR, Leong MS (Eds). Comprehensive Treatment of Chronic Pain by Medical, Interventional, and Integrative Approaches. Springer, New York, 2013, pp 563-573.

 

15. Gerwin Robert  Myofascial Pain Syndrome In: Hayek SM, Shah BJ, Desai MJ, Chelimsky TC (Eds). Pain Medicine: an Interdisciplinary Case-Based Approach,. Oxford University Press, Oxford UK, 2015, pp 69-88.

 

16. Gerwin, Robert. Myofascial Pain and Fibromyalgia in Staats PS and Wallace MS (Eds). Pain Medicine &Management.  2nd Edition, McGraw Hill, New York, 2015; pp. 280-286.

 

 17. Gerwin RD. Factores perpetuadores en el sindrome de dolor miaofascial. In: Mayoral del Moral O, Salvat IS. [Eds].  Fisioterapia Invasiva del Síndrome de Dolor Miofascial. Editorial Medica Panamerica, 2017, Madrid. pp 39-52.

 

Monograph

 

Gerwin RD. Trigger point injection therapy for neuromuscular pain. In Staats PS (Ed.). Advancements in the treatment of neuromuscular pain, Johns Hopkins University monograph, ProCom International,  Parsipanny, NJ, 12-17, 2000.

 

 

Books

 

      1.     Ferguson LW, Gerwin R (Eds). Clinical Mastery in the Treatment of Myofascial Pain. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2005.

 

Portuguese Edition 2007

Russian Edition 2008   

 

  1. Fernandez-de-Las-Peñas C, Arendt-Nielsen L, Gerwin R (Eds). Tension-Type Headache and Cervicogenic Headache: pathophysiology, diagnosis and management. Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Boston, 2010.

  1. Mense S and Gerwin RD (Eds). Muscle Pain: Understanding the Mechanisms. Springer, Heidelberg, 2010

  2. Mense S and Gerwin RD (Eds) Muscle Pain: Diagnosis and Treatment. Springer, Heidelberg, 2010.

    

 

ELECTRONIC EDUCATIONAL MEDIAI. 

 

Myofascial Pain Syndromes: an integrated approach to diagnosis and treatment. by Robert Gerwin, M.D., produced by Ben Daitz, MD. A five part instructional video series including a tape on Trigger Point Injections. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995

 

II. Gerwin RD.  Commentary: Review of the Quantitative Sensory Testing in Fibromyalgia Patients and in Healthy Subjects: Identification of Subgroups Trial. MD Consult Pain Medicine 2002.