Welcome to the PEDro World-Wide Journal Club. The purpose of the PEDro World-Wide Journal Club is to encourage the global physiotherapy community to read trials, reviews and guidelines that have important implications for clinical practice. We hope that facilitating discussion of this research will help physiotherapists to implement the results into their clinical practice.

Journal clubs are a great way to translate research into practice. In March 2020 PEDro published a blog that outlined some key features of running a successful journal club. Since then, PEDro has run nine journal clubs which have been well received. The idea is for physiotherapists to use resources provided by PEDro as the basis for running a local journal club with their peers.

This PEDro World-Wide Journal Club is on cognitive functional therapy with or without movement sensor biofeedback versus usual care for chronic, disabling low back pain (RESTORE).

This PEDro World-Wide Journal Club is about cognitive functional therapy with or without movement sensor biofeedback versus usual care for chronic, disabling low back pain. This trial was one of the PEDro Top 25 Trials added to the list in 2024.

You can further the discussions from this journal club by creating your own:

1. Invite your colleagues to be involved

2. Read the article Kent P, et al. Cognitive functional therapy with or without movement sensor biofeedback versus usual care for chronic, disabling low back pain (RESTORE): a randomised, controlled, three-arm, parallel group, phase 3, clinical trial. Lancet. 2023;401(10391):1866-1877. DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(23)00441-5.

3. Watch (or listen to) our video summarising the article(4 minutes)

4. Watch (or listen to) the video of our panel discussing the article (44 minutes)

5. Meet with your colleagues to have your own discussion

Discussions in journal clubs should focus on the implications of the results, including exploring possible barriers and facilitators to implementation. Devising strategies to implement the evidence into practice in your clinical environment is a critical component (e.g. making plans for audit and feedback to quantify current and future practice).

A 3-year follow-up of the RESTORE Trial is now available in The Lancet Rheumatology.

PEDro acknowledges Dr Joshua Zadro and Jayden Smileski for coordinating this journal club.