ArticleThe Clinical journal of pain2021
Toward Understanding Movement-evoked Pain (MEP) and its Measurement: A Scoping Review.
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- Patterns of movement-evoked pain during tendon loading and stretching tasks in Achilles tendinopathy: A secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial.Clinical biomechanics (Bristol, Avon) · 2023Trial
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- Somatosensory Function and Pain: Associations Over 12 Months Postinjury in Youth With Acute Musculoskeletal Pain.The Clinical journal of pain · 2026Article
- Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS), Interferential Current (IFC) and Percutaneous Needle Electrolysis (PNE) in the treatment of sports-related pain: a scoping review with an evidence gap map.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Pain sensitization as a potentially modifiable factor in people with knee osteoarthritis: insights from behavioral graded activity.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Is There a Difference in Factors Affecting Rest Pain and Pain Intensity during Movement at 1 Year Post-total Knee Arthroplasty?Physical therapy research · 2026Article
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- Incidences and predictors of moderate-to-severe movement-evoked pain until postoperative day three following gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary surgery: a retrospective study.Journal of anesthesia · 2025Article
- Rethinking Measurement of Movement-Evoked Pain with Digital Technology.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025Article
- Movement-Evoked Pain and Temporal Summation in Individuals with Symptomatic Rotator Cuff Tears: A Cross-Sectional Study.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectiveIndividuals with chronic pain conditions often report movement as exacerbating pain. An increasing number of researchers and clinicians have recognized the importance of measuring and distinguishing between movement-evoked pain (MEP) and pain at rest as an outcome. This scoping review maps the literature and describes MEP measurement techniques. MATERIALS AND
methodsThe scoping review utilized 6 databases to identify original studies that targeted pain or movement-related outcomes. Our search returned 7322 articles that were screened by title and abstract by 2 reviewers. The inclusion criteria focused on the measurement of MEP before, during, and after movement tasks in adults with chronic pain. Studies of children below 18 years of age or with nonhuman animals, case studies, qualitative studies, book chapters, cancer-related pain, non-English language, and abstracts with no full publish text were excluded from the study.
resultsResults from 38 studies revealed great variation in the measurement of MEP, while almost all of the studies did not provide an explicit conceptual or operational definition for MEP. In addition, studies collectively illuminated differences in MEP compared with rest pain, movement provocation methods, and pain intensity as the primary outcome. DISCUSSION: These results have clinically significant and research implications. To advance the study of MEP, we offer that consistent terminology, standardized measurement (appropriate for pain type/population), and clear methodological processes be provided in research publications. On the basis of the findings, we have put forth a preliminary definition of MEP that may benefit from the continued scholarly dialog.
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