INTRODUCTION
Pain, musculoskeletal pain, musculoskeletal injuries, pain
RECURRENCE
Accumulating evidence suggests that pain from musculoskeletal injuries drives maladaptive corticomotor changes that may promote symptom recurrence (Schabrun et al., Specific patterns of pain‐induced corticomotor reorganization may be associated with poorer outcomes over time. Indeed, a recent review demonstrated that individuals displaying reduced corticomotor excitability in response to acute experimental pain (lasting minutes) report lower pain severity than those showing increased excitability (Chowdhury et al., While valuable, the exploration of corticomotor responses to musculoskeletal pain has been limited primarily to the upper limb (Chowdhury et al., Here, we explored the variability of corticomotor responses to experimentally‐induced sustained pain and whether specific patterns of reorganization were associated with poorer outcomes (increased mechanical sensitivity, pain, or functional limitation). Pain was induced in the hamstring muscle as this region is one of the most commonly injured in the lower limb, and hamstring strains are associated with a high recurrence rate (Brooks et al., 