Clinical Lecturer
Email mark.overton@otago.ac.nz
Mark is a physiotherapist and has been working as a part of an interdisciplinary pain team in Christchurch and Dunedin for the last 10 years. He gained a Master of Physiotherapy from the University of Otago in 2017 and recently completed his PhD which explored pain sensitisation and the experiences of people with knee osteoarthritis.
Within the department, Mark is a Clinical Lecturer and Paper Co-ordinator for:
PAIN711 Introduction to Pain Management.
Research interests
- Chronic pain
- Pain mechanisms
- Knee osteoarthritis
- Quantitative sensory testing
- Ecological momentary assessment
- Interprofessional rehabilitation
- Occupational health
Publications
Overton, M., Swain, N., Falling, C., Gwynne-Jones, D., Fillingim, R., & Mani, R. (2024). Activity-related pain and sensitization predict within- and between-person pain experience in people with knee osteoarthritis: An ecological momentary assessment study. Osteoarthritis & Cartilage Open, 100439. doi: 10.1016/j.ocarto.2024.100439
Overton, M. G. (2023). Understanding knee osteoarthritis pain experiences (PhD). University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/16162
Overton, M., Swain, N., Falling, C., Gwynne-Jones, D., Fillingim, R., & Mani, R. (2023). Experiences and perceptions of using smartphone ecological momentary assessment for reporting knee osteoarthritis pain and symptoms. Clinical Journal of Pain. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1097/ajp.0000000000001138
Overton, M., Swain, N., Falling, C., Gwynne-Jones, D., Fillingim, R., & Mani, R. (2023). Activity-related pain predicts pain and functional outcomes in people with knee osteoarthritis: A longitudinal study. Frontiers in Pain Research, 3, 1082252. doi: 10.3389/fpain.2022.1082252
Overton, M., Ward, S., Swain, N., Falling, C., Gwynne-Jones, D., Fillingim, R., & Mani, R. (2023). Are ecological momentary assessments of pain valid and reliable? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Journal of Pain, 39(1), 29-40. doi: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000001084