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). Does sensitisation predict the variable knee osteoarthritis pain experience? [Invited]. Proceedings of the New Zealand Pain Society (NZPS) Annual Scientific Meeting: Empowering Pain Management in New Zealand. Retrieved from https://www.nzps2024.nz/ Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
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 Journal - Research Article
Overton, M. G. (2023). Understanding knee osteoarthritis pain experiences (PhD). University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/16162 Awarded Doctoral Degree
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 Journal - Research Article
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 Journal - Research Article