Helene Langevin,MD, co-founder of Stromatec, and Research Associate Professor in the Departments of Neurology and Orthopedics and Rehabilitation at the University of Vermont, co-authored a paper entitled, “Acupuncture for Chronic Low Back Pain” in the July 29, 2010 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine. N Engl J Med 2010;363:454-61.

Stromatec has received a $750,000 SBIR phase 2 grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue work on the company’s proprietary “StromaTorque” technology. The two year project continues Stromatec’s efforts to provide physicians with a low cost, convenient diagnostic to help determine the cause of chronic pain and objectively determine whether connective tissue is responding to treatments such as physical therapy, massage, chiropractic and acupuncture.