Who used PEDro in 2019?
An analysis of the contents of PEDro in the 13 January 2020 update is now available on the PEDro statistics page. The number of reports of trials has continued to expand at an exponential rate. …
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Revisiting the best 15 physiotherapy trials published before 2014
Back in 2014 when PEDro was celebrating its 14th anniversary we decided to identify the 15 most important physiotherapy trials. We added 5 more trials to this list to celebrate PEDro’s 20th anniversary in 2019. …
Podcasts now available for the PEDro Top 5 Trials from 2014-2019
Last year we announced the PEDro Top 5 Trials from 2014-2019. The trials were nominated by PEDro users, and an independent panel of international trialists judged the nominations received. PEDro has partnered with PT Pintcast …
DiTA update (13 January 2020)
DiTA contains 1,538 records. In the 13 January 2020 update you will find: 1,387 reports of primary studies, and 151 reports of systematic reviews. https://www.dita.org.au
PEDro update (13 January 2020)
PEDro contains 45,660 records. In the 13 January 2020 update you will find: 35,602 reports of randomised controlled trials (34,769 of these trials have confirmed ratings of methodological quality using the PEDro scale) 9,389 reports …
Systematic review found that supervised, multifaceted lifestyle interventions reduce metabolic syndrome prevalence and risk factors in people with metabolic syndrome
The objective of this systematic review were to determine the effectiveness of lifestyle interventions on the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and on independent, modifiable risk factors for metabolic syndrome in people with metabolic syndrome. Randomised …
Infographic for systematic review that found that exercise reduces cancer-related fatigue
Last month we summarised the van Vulpen et al systematic review. The review concluded that exercise reduces cancer-related fatigue. Some suggestions for providing exercise during or following cancer treatment is this infographic. van Vulpen JK …
Tackling the language barrier to implementing research into practice: a survey of usage of the PEDro
We know that language can be a barrier to implementing research evidence into practice. Whilst the majority of the world’s population speak languages other than English, English has become the dominant language of publication for …
#MyPTArticleOfTheMonth – what is Mark Hancock reading?
Mark Hancock is a professor of physiotherapy in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. He has over 20 years of clinical experience as a musculoskeletal physiotherapist working in …
#MyPTArticleOfTheMonth – PEDro’s holiday reading list
This year we called on the global physiotherapy community to commit to the #MyPTArticleOfTheMonth challenge. The challenge involved reading at least one research article each month. We’d like to thank everyone for making the commitment …
