PEDro is produced on a not-for-profit basis with financial support from industry partners, granting bodies, and donations from organisations and individuals. Help PEDro grow by making a donation or contacting us to discuss a partnership.
Since its inception, PEDro has been supported by several organisations and many individuals. Current supporters are listed below. The PEDro Partnership expresses its gratitude to these organisations and individuals but retains editorial independence from them.
Foundation partner
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Partner
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Association partners
- World Physiotherapy
- Australian Physiotherapy Association
- Physio Austria
- Axxon
- Canadian Physiotherapy Association
- UNIFY ČR
- Suomen Fysioterapeutit
- Physio Deutschland
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Physiotherapiewissenschaft
- Asociacion Nacional de Fisioterapistas de Guatemala
- Hong Kong Physiotherapy Association
- Félag Sjúkraþjálfara
- Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists
- Società Italiana Fisioterapia
- Latvijas Fizioterapeitu Asociācija
- Lietuvos Kineziterapeutų Draugija
- Association Luxembourgeoise Des Kinésithérapeutes
- Macau Physical Therapists Association
- Koninklijk Nederlands Genootschap voor Fysiotherapie
- Physiotherapy New Zealand
- Norsk Fysioterapeutforbund
- The Polish Chamber of Physiotherapists
- Associação Portuguesa de Fisioterapeutas
- Singapore Physiotherapy Association
- Združenje Fizioterapevtov Slovenije
- Asociación Española de Fisioterapeutas
- Fysioterapeuterna
- Physioswiss
- Taiwan Physical Therapy Association
- Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
- American Physical Therapy Association
Business partners
Collaborators
The British Journal of Sports Medicine has published five editorials about PEDro (Amorim et al 2020, Kamper et al 2015, Kamper et al 2014, Elkins et al 2013, and Sherrington et al 2010) and included a summary of a systematic review indexed on PEDro in most issues in 2011-2018.
PEDro has also received assistance from a large number of volunteers who have given freely of their time and skills. The following people rated trials for PEDro during 2022: Adrian Cush, Aishath Mahfooza, Alaa Noureldeen Kora, Alessandro Carlucci, Alessandro Pagano, Alessia Girolami, Alexandra Diggles, Alistair Gardner, Alla Melman, Amanda Lee, Anand Kumar, Andrea Gardoni, Angela Huang, Anne Jahn, Antonella Saponara, Athilas Braga, Ayyappan Jayavel, Benjamin Fun, Bernadette Petzel, Bernadine Teng, Brenda Lucciano, Brett Doring, Brice Pennicott, Carlos Sanchez Medina, Christine Tadros, Ciara Harris, Clare Walsh, Claudia Sarno, Claudio Cordani, Connor Gleadhill, Daniel Gurin, Daniele Conte, David Fernandez Hernando, David Liska, Dennis Boer, Diego Poddighe, Donato Fontanarosa, Elena Ierardi, Elif Kirdi, Elisa Ravizzotti, Emre Ilhan, Eurose Majadas, Fereshteh Pourakzemi, Frank Aerts, Gabriel Farhat, Gary Koh, Gerardo Candoni, Gessica Tondini, Gul Oznur Karabicak, Gustavo Padovezi, Henry Pak, Hironobu Uzawa, Hubert Makaruk, Hwee Kuan ong, Ilkim Karakaya, Irene Toh, Janio Luiz Correia Junior, Jean-Philippe Regnaux, Jeremy Hobbs, Jess Chan, Jiayen Wong, John Tan, Joris van der Steen, Joshua Zadro, Julia Chevan, Juliana Wang, Julio Fernandes de Jesus, Junior Vitorino Fandim, Kamil Adamiec, Kathrin Fiedler, Keegan Bow, Kerry West, Kyle Hardie, Lana Erjavec, Laura Crowe-Owen, Laura Marcellis, Leonardo Piano, Letizia Micca, Li Khim Kwah, Llanos de la Iglesia Avila, Lorenzo Vannucci, Louise Lu, Luca Bertazzoni, Lucas Henrique Caetano Carmona dos Santos, Luiz Gomez, Maciej Plaszewski, Mahsa Seydi, Manuela Besomi, Marco Bisozzi, Marco Bravi, Maria Letizia Zuccotti, Maribeth Gelisanga, Matt Cranney, Matteo Gaucci, Matteo Locatelli, Megan Donovan, Megan Ho, Michelle Istria, Michelle Liu, Ming Yi Tay, Monica Castiglioni, Muhammad Norrisman Bin Mohamed Hassan, Mykola Romanyshyn, Nicolas Ferrara, Paoline Li, Pedro Andreo, Peter Geagea, Pirashikah Prahatheesan, Riccardo Guarise, Rik Dawson, Roberto Napoli, Robyn Porep, Rodrigo Cappato, Roger Andrey, Ruth Chua, Ryan Carroll, Sabrina Grappiolo, Sacha Bossina, Seow Yee Teo, Shaimaa Eldeeb, Shalin Patel, Shamala Thilarajah, Sigrid Ryeng Alnes, Siti Khalijah, So Nishimura, Sonam Jethwa, Stefan Liebsch, Stephen Chan, Syl Slatman, Sylvia Liew, Tory Toogood, Tracy Ong, Uwe Eggerickx, Valentin Valliant, Viji Navamany, Vladyslav Talalaiev, Weronika Krzepkowska, Wint Shwe Sin, Xavier Lee, Yasmeen Binte Jalani, Yian Nee Chiew, Zoe Nicholas.
The following people kindly translated the PEDro web pages:
- Simplified Chinese: Mandy Lau (PEDro employee) translated the original pages. Yen-Ning Lin (PEDro employee) translated the additional pages.
- Traditional Chinese: Hua-Fang (Lily) Liao (Taiwan Physical Therapy Association, Taiwan) and Mandy Lau (PEDro employee) translated the original pages. Yen-Ning Lin (PEDro employee) translated the additional pages.
- Portuguese: Leonardo Costa, Tiê Parma Yamato and Bruno Tirotti Saragiotto (Universidade Cidade de São Paulo, Brazil) translated the original pages. Mariana Nascimento Leite and Junior Vitorino Fandim (Universidade Cidade de São Paulo, Brazil) translated the additional pages, Portuguese newsletters and social media posts.
- German: Erwin Scherfer and Stefan Hegenscheidt (Physio-Akademie gGmbH des ZVK, Germany) translated the original pages. Cordula Braun and Kerstin Luedtke (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Physiotherapiewissenschaft, Germany) translated the additional pages.
- French: Pierre Trudelle and Joëlle André-Vert (Société Française de Physiothérapie, France) translated the original pages. Pierre Trudelle (Société Française de Physiothérapie, France), Jean-Philippe Regnaux(Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Santé Publique, France) and Elodie Louvion translated the additional pages.
- Spanish: Antonia Gómez Conesa, Fernando Ramos Gómez and Carmen Suárez Serrano (Asociación Española de Fisioterapeutas, Spain).
- Italian: Roberto Iovine (Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale di Bologna, Italy), Francesco Gambino (Mount Gould Hospital, Plymouth UK), Silvia Terzi, Daniele Sarti, Leonardo Pellicciari (IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Italy, Società Italiana di Fisioterapia, Italy), Francesco Ferrarello (Azienda USL Toscana Centro, Italy), Michele Marelli (Università degli Studi del Molise, Italy), Matteo Paci (Azienda USL Toscana Centro, Italy, Società Italiana di Fisioterapia, Italy), Paolo Pillastrini (University of Bologna, Italy, Società Italiana di Fisioterapia, Italy)
- Japanese: Kiyokazu Akasaka (School of Physical Therapy, Saitama Medical University, Japan) translated the original pages. Takahiro Miki (Sapporo Maruyama Orthopedic Hospital, Japan) translated the additional pages.
- Korean: Jooeun Song (PEDro employee and Discipline of Physiotherapy, University of Sydney, Australia).
- Turkish: İlkim Çıtak Karakaya (Muğla Sıtkı Koçman Üniversitesi, Turkey), Gül Öznur Karabıçak (Aydın Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi, Turkey) and Siddika Fatma Uygur (Uluslararası Kıbrıs Üniversitesi, Northern Cyprus).
- Tamil: Cynthia Swarnalatha Srikesavan (Centre for Rehabilitation Research in Oxford, UK), Thangamani Ramalingam, Srikesavan Sabapathy and Blessingta Vijay.
- Arabic: Ali Alshami and Sami Al-Mubireek (Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Saudi Arabia).
- Ukrainian: Vladyslav Talalaiev, Petro Skobliak, Yaroslav Sybiriakin and Mykola Romanyshyn (Neurological Subgroup of the Ukrainian Association of Physical Therapy, Ukraine).
- Polish: Maciej Płaszewski (Department of Rehabilitation, Faculty in Biała Podlaska, The Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education, Warsaw, Poland), Zbigniew Wroński and Weronika Krzepkowska (The Polish Chamber of Physiotherapists, Poland). Translation supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Poland, within the project Societal Duty of Science, grant number SONP/SP/461408/2020.
- Romanian: OMTRO – Orthopedic Manual Therapy Romania Association, Romania.
- Greek: Yiannis Sotiralis and Konstantinos Sakellariou (Hellenic OMT.Edu, member of the MO Greece, IFOMPT, Greece).
The following people kindly contributed to PEDro and DiTA operations during 2022:
- Netherlands: Joris van der Steen, Elon van Overmeeren (Netherlands Physiotherapy Association), Raymond Ostelo (VU University, Amsterdam), Phillip van de Wees (Radboud University, Nijmegen)
- United Kingdom: Sallie Lamb and Helen Richmond-Davies (University of Exeter, UK)
The following people are university ‘PEDro Champions’ who ensure PEDro is taught in the curriculum as an evidence-based resource for students, clinicians, educators and researchers:
- Australia: Dr Anita Amorim (The University of Sydney), Dr Peter Stubbs (The University of Technology Sydney), Professor Coralie English (University of Newcastle), Dr Kelly Gray (Macquarie University), Dr Steven Obst (Central Queensland University), Dr Christian Osadnik (Monash University), Professor Jennifer McGingley (Melbourne University), Associate Professor Maryam Zoghi (Federation University), Dr Roma Forbes (University of Queensland), Associate Professor Leanne Bisset (Griffith University), Associate Professor Kylie Johnston (University of South Australia)
Staff and contractors
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Geraldine WallbankInstitute for Musculoskeletal Health at the University of Sydney and Sydney Local Health District, Australia |
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Courtney WestSydney Musculoskeletal Health and Institute for Musculoskeletal Health, at the University of Sydney, Sydney Local Health District and Northern Sydney Local Health District, Australia |
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Venisa KwokInstitute for Musculoskeletal Health at the University of Sydney and Sydney Local Health District, Australia |
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Theresa FordInstitute for Musculoskeletal Health at the University of Sydney and Sydney Local Health District, Australia |
PEDro is hosted by Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA).
We contract the following information technology companies to produce PEDro:
- Andrew Duncan from Databuzz is responsible for our database.
- Cocoon Creative upgraded the PEDro web-site.
- Phil Paige from ShortRadius is responsible for the interactive search pages.
- Rose Cox from Purple Prodigy produced the PEDro training site.