This systematic review evaluated recommendations for high-quality care for common musculoskeletal pain sites treated in emergency departments and primary care. Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for adult musculoskeletal pain that were written in English and published …
This systematic review evaluated whether adding patient-therapist communication during physiotherapy treatment increased self-reported and objectively-measured physical activity levels in older adults. Randomised controlled trials and clinical controlled trials that investigated the effect of adding therapist …
Marcelo Rieder is physiotherapy team leader in the trauma intensive care unit at the Grupo Hospitalar Conceição and professor in cardiorespiratory physiotherapy at the Centro Universitário Metodista in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. He is …
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 …
PEDro celebrates its 20th birthday in October 2019. To mark this important milestone we have decided to refresh the PEDro logo and web-site. The new logo is now being used, and we will launch the …
PEDro contains 43,384 records. In the 6 May 2019 update you will find: 33,928 reports of randomised controlled trials (33,065 of these trials have confirmed ratings of methodological quality using the PEDro scale) 8,783 reports …
A short article providing an overview of the Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro) has recently been published. PEDro is a free, searchable online resource that can be used by physiotherapists to assist their efforts to undertake …
This systematic review evaluated the benefits and harms of spinal manipulative therapy for the treatment of chronic low back pain. Randomised controlled trials conducted in adults 18 years and older with more than 50% of …
Melissa Locke is a Specialist Paediatric Physiotherapist, as awarded by the Australian College of Physiotherapists. She is Managing Director and co-owner of Movement Solutions Physiotherapy which operates from four locations in South East Queensland and …
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 …
