Shared decision making is a collaborative process that involves patients and physiotherapists making health-related decisions together after discussing and considering several things: the available options for treatment; the benefits and harms of each treatment option; …
In a previous PEDro blog, physiotherapists were encouraged to stop using null hypothesis statistical tests in clinical research. Such tests involve the reporting of p-values and the interpretation of results as statistically significant or non-significant. …
The PEDro team pays tribute to physiotherapists and other healthcare workers who are providing frontline care during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Your bravery, dedication and expertise have more than earned the gratitude of …
Last month we summarised the review by Hayden et al. The review concluded that Pilates, McKenzie therapy, functional restoration and core strengthening exercise therapies were more effective than other types of exercise therapy for reducing …
An analysis of the contents of PEDro in the 7 February 2022 update is now available on the PEDro statistics page – visit pedro.org.au/english/learn/pedro-statistics/. The number of reports …
DiTA contains 2,314 records. In the 7 February 2022 update you will find: 2,073 reports of primary studies, and 241 reports of systematic reviews. For the latest primary studies and systematic reviews evaluating diagnostic tests …
PEDro contains 53,801 records. In the 7 February 2022 update you will find: 41,362 reports of randomised controlled trials (40,717 of these trials have confirmed ratings of methodological quality using the PEDro scale) 11,737 reports …
The next PEDro and DiTA updates are on Monday 7 February 2022.
We thank Chartered Society of Physiotherapy who have just renewed their partnership with PEDro for another year.
Guidelines recommend exercise as first line care for the treatment of chronic low back pain. A Cochrane review summarised in a PEDro blog in November 2021 concluded that exercise therapy most likely reduces pain when …
