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). …
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 …
PEDro is an excellent source of high-quality clinical research to answer clinical questions about the effects of physiotherapy interventions. We have put together 10 tips to help you get started or enhance your skills with …
A systematic review brings together the results of individual studies that answer a focused clinical question using rigorous research methods. It is common for systematic reviews to include a statistical procedure called meta-analysis to estimate …
We are pleased to announce that the PEDro YouTube Channel has reached a new milestone! There have been over 100,000 views of PEDro instructional and promotional videos so far! The PEDro YouTube channel currently contains …
As a clinician, you perform diagnostic tests, provide information on prognosis, and implement interventions on a daily basis. You may want to find out if the diagnostic test (or combination of tests) you are using …
Reading scientific articles reporting the results of randomised controlled trials is a skill that requires practice. This post provides four quick tips to help you get started. TIP 1: understand how trials are laid out …
One way of keeping up-to-date with high quality clinical research relevant to your area of practice is to scan journals. However, with over 3,900 journals publishing physiotherapy research, traditional ways of keeping up-to-date can be …
PEDro’s collection of “how to” videos now have more than 81,000 views. Six videos are available in up to 12 different languages. The videos are available in PEDro’s YouTube Channel. A feature of PEDro which …
Many PEDro users will be familiar with meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials. These involve the statistical combination of the results of trials that compare two interventions (one of these interventions could be a no treatment …
