Publications

Selected Publications

• He Y, Berrueta L, Wang Y, Badger GJ, Langevin HM. A novel mouse model of voluntary stretching and its application in breast cancer research. bioRxiv [preprint]. 2025;2025.01.24.634735.
• Bremer AA, Zenk SN, Pasiakos SM, Langevin HM. A broader perspective on nutrition research: the rationale for integrating the entire continuum of human nutrition. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2025;121(2):203-206.
• Langevin HM. Health and well-being: distinct and intertwined concepts. Medical Care. 2024;62(12):S13-S14. 
• Herman PM, Pitcher MH, Langevin HM. Making a case for whole person health. Global Advances in Integrative Medicine and Health. 2024;13:2753613024123642.
• Langevin HM. Addressing gaps in pain research from an integrated whole person perspective. Pain. 2024;165(11S):S23-S32.
• Belfer I, Chen W, Weber W, Edwards E, Langevin HM. Unmet need: mechanistic and translational studies of sickle cell disease pain as a whole person health challenge. Journal of Pain. 2024;25(10):104603.
• Edwards E, Chen WG, Law C, Pitcher M, Langevin HM. Arts-based therapies in integrative health. In: Fleming R, ed. Music and Mind: Harnessing the Arts for Health and Wellness. New York, NY: Viking; 2024:377-392.
• Bianchi DW, Brennan PF, Chiang MF, Criswell LA, D’Souza RN, Gibbons GH, Gilman JK, Gordon JA, Green ED, Gregurick S, Hodes RJ, Kilmarx PH, Koob GF, Koroshetz WJ, Langevin HM, et al. The All of Us Research Program is an opportunity to enhance the diversity of US biomedical research. Nature Medicine. 2024;30(2):330-333.
• Langevin HM, Francomano CA, DaPrato C. Myofascial pain: Myofascial knee pain in a young woman with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. In: Francomano CA, Hakim AJ, Henderson LGS, et al., eds. Symptomatic: The Symptom-Based Handbook for Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders. Cambridge, MA: Elsevier Inc.; 2024:45-49.
• Langevin HM, Weber W, Chen W. Integrated multicomponent interventions to support healthy aging of the whole person. Aging Cell. 2024;23(1):e14001.
• Langevin HM. Whole person health: an approach to closing health gaps. Global Forum. November 2023.
• Berrueta L, Muñoz-Vergara D, Martin D, Thompson R, Sansbury BE, Spite M, Badger GJ, Langevin HM. Effect of stretching on inflammation in a subcutaneous carrageenan mouse model analyzed at single-cell resolution. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 2023;238(12):2778-2793.
• Deuster PA, Meyer VM, Langevin HM. Total Force Fitness: making holistic, integrated whole-person research a DoD priority. Military Medicine. 2023;188(Supplement_5):8-11.
• Pitcher MH, Edwards E, Langevin HM, Rusch HL, Shurtleff D. Complementary and integrative health therapies in whole person resilience research. Stress and Health. 2023;39(S1):55-61.
• Langevin HM, Berger A, Edwards E. Interface of resilience with other related concepts in physiological and psychosocial/spiritual domains. Stress and Health. 2023;39(S1):10-13.
• Langevin H, Badawi R. Focusing on whole-person health: a conversation between Hélène Langevin and Ramsey Badawi. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 2023;64(3):344-346.
• Muñoz-Vergara D, Schreiber KL, Langevin H, et al. The effects of a single bout of high- or moderate-intensity yoga exercise on circulating inflammatory mediators: a pilot feasibility study. Global Advances in Health and Medicine. 2022;11:2164957X221145876.
• Logan AC, Langevin HM. Spotlight: an interview with NCCIH Director, Dr. Helene M. Langevin, on whole person health. Challenges. 2022;13(2):42.
• Langevin HM. Making connections to improve health outcomes. Global Advances in Health and Medicine. 2022;11:2164957X221079792.
• Langevin HM. Fascia mobility, proprioception, and myofascial pain. Life (Basel). 2021;11(7):668.
• Langevin HM. Reconnecting the brain with the rest of the body in musculoskeletal pain research. Journal of Pain. 2021;22(1):1-8.
• Clark D, Edwards E, Murray P, Langevin H. Implementation science methodologies for complementary and integrative health research. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 2021;(S1):S7-S13.
• Chen WG, Schloesser D, Arensdorf AM, Simmons JM, Cui C, Valentino R, Gnadt JW, Nielsen L, Hillaire-Clarke CS, Spruance V, Horowitz TS, Vallejo YF, Langevin HM. The emerging science of interoception: sensing, integrating, interpreting, and regulating signals within the self. Trends in Neuroscience. 2021;44(1):3-16.
• Muñoz Vergara D, Berrueta L, Carmody C, An X, Wayne PM, Zavacki AM, Langevin HM. Establishment of a novel porcine model to study the impact of active stretching on a local carrageenan-induced inflammation. American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. 2020;99(11):1012-1019.
• Chen WG, Niemtzow RC, Belfer I, Helms JM, Kligler B, Langevin H, et al. Acupuncture versus opioids for pain relief: an expert discussion. Medical Acupuncture. 2018;30(6):290-295.
• Berrueta L, Bergholz J, Munoz D, Muskaj I, Badger GJ, Shukla A, Kim HJ, Zhao JJ, Langevin HM. Author correction: Stretching reduces tumor growth in a mouse breast cancer model. Scientific Reports. 2018;8(1):17226.
• Conyersm FG, Langevin HM, Badger GJ, Mehta DH. Identifying stress landscapes in Boston neighborhoods. Global Advances in Health and Medicine. 2018;7:2164956118803058.
• Nelson-Wong E, Glinka M, Noguchi M, Langevin H, et al. Acute surgical injury alters the tensile properties of thoracolumbar fascia in a porcine model. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. 2018;140(10):1010121-7.
• Berrueta L, Bergholz J, Munoz D, Muskaj I, Badger JG, Shukla A, Kim HJ, Zhao J, Langevin HM. Stretching reduces tumor growth in a mouse breast cancer model. Scientific Reports. 2018;8(1):7864.
• Langevin HM, Wayne PM. What is the point? The problem with acupuncture research that no one wants to talk about. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 2018;24(3):200-207.
• Ellis R, Rohan M, Fox J, Hitt J, Langevin H, et al. Ultrasound elastographic measurement of sciatic nerve displacement and shear strain during active and passive knee extension. Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine. 2018;37(8):2091-2103.
• Olenich S, Waterworth G, Badger GJ, Levy B, Israel E, Langevin HM. Flexibility and strength training in asthma: a pilot study. The Journal of Asthma. 2018;55(12):1376-1383.
• Langevin HM, Bishop J, Maple R, et al. Effect of stretching on thoracolumbar fascia injury and movement restriction in a porcine model. American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. 2018;97(3):187-191.
• Berrueta L, Muskaj I, Olenich S, Butler T, Badger JG, Colas R, Spite M, Serhan CN, Langevin HM. Stretching impacts inflammation resolution in connective tissue. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 2016;231(7):1621-1627.
• Corey SM, Vizzard MA, Bouffard NA, Badger GJ, Langevin HM. Stretching of the back improves gait, mechanical sensitivity and connective tissue inflammation in a rodent model. PLOS ONE. 2012;7(1):e29831.
• Langevin HM, Fox JR, Koptiuch C, et al. Reduced thoracolumbar fascia shear strain in human chronic low back pain. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 2011;12:203.
• Langevin HM, Stevens-Tuttle D, Fox JR, et al. Ultrasound evidence of altered lumbar connective tissue structure in human subjects with chronic low back pain. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 2009;10:151.
• Langevin HM, Bouffard NA, Badger GJ, et al. Subcutaneous tissue fibroblast cytoskeletal remodeling induced by acupuncture: evidence for a mechanotransduction-based mechanism. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 2006;207(3):767-774.
• Langevin HM, Bouffard NA, Badger GJ, et al. Dynamic fibroblast cytoskeletal response to subcutaneous tissue stretch ex vivo and in vivo. American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology. 2005;288(3):C747-C756.
• Langevin HM, Churchill DL, Cipolla MJ. Mechanical signaling through connective tissue: a mechanism for the therapeutic effect of acupuncture. The FASEB Journal. 2001;15(12):2275-2282.
• Langevin HM, Churchill DL, Fox JR, et al. Biomechanical response to acupuncture needling in humans. Journal of Applied Physiology. 2001;91(6):2471-2478.