The ability to appraise the quality of randomised controlled trials is an important skill in evidence-based practice. PEDro runs online training for physiotherapists and other health professionals looking to improve their skills in evaluating trials. …
One way of keeping up-to-date with high quality clinical research is to subscribe to an alert service. Randomised controlled trials indicate that, compared to usual information seeking, clinicians who subscribe to an alert service have …
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DiTA (Diagnostic Test Accuracy) is a database indexing studies and reviews that evaluate the accuracy of diagnostic tests used by physiotherapists. We are pleased to announce the release of a video tutorial on how to …
We are pleased to announce that the PEDro YouTube Channel has reached a new milestone! There have been over 150,000 views of PEDro instructional and promotional videos so far! The PEDro YouTube Channel currently contains …
The PEDro Partnership is very excited to let you know that the search and browse features are now available for DiTA. This database indexes articles evaluating the accuracy of diagnostic tests used by physiotherapists. DiTA …
Read moreYou can now search and browse DiTA, a database of Diagnostic Test Accuracy in physiotherapy
Last month we explained the logic of studies of diagnostic test accuracy. Studies of diagnostic test accuracy involve comparing the findings of the index test to a reference test. The degree of concordance of the …
Read more#MyPTArticleOfTheMonth – how to use a diagnostic test accuracy paper
The logic of diagnostic test accuracy studies is simple. In these studies, a sample of people suspected of having a particular condition are assessed with the diagnostic test of interest (called the “index test”). The …
Read more#MyPTArticleOfTheMonth – how to read a diagnostic test accuracy paper
One of issues that has prompted statisticians and journals to call for the use of significance testing and hypothesis testing to be discontinued is that p-values are not replicable. That is, if you repeat an …
Read more#MyPTArticleOfTheMonth resource – the dance of the p-values
The purpose of conducting a randomised controlled trial, or a systematic review of randomised controlled trials, is to determine the size of the treatment effect (or the difference in outcome for the treatments being compared). …
Read more#MyPTArticleOfTheMonth resource – 95% confidence intervals explained
Clinical practice guidelines are useful for clinicians as they summarise the available evidence about management of a health condition. A key feature that distinguishes evidence-based clinical practice guidelines is that the treatment recommendations are based …
Read more#MyPTArticleOfTheMonth resource – how to read an evidence-based clinical practice guideline
