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Next PEDro and DiTA updates (June 2023)
The next PEDro and DiTA updates are on 5 June 2023.
PEDro will be at the 2023 World Physiotherapy Congress
The PEDro team welcome the opportunity to meet PEDro users and supporters face-to-face at the upcoming 2023 World Physiotherapy Congress in Dubai 2-4 June. Several activities will feature PEDro which…
Systematic review found that prescribed home exercise programs with an additional digital intervention increased exercise adherence in the short-term when compared to interventions without additional digital interventions
This systematic review aimed to estimate the effects of an additional digital intervention compared to no digital intervention on adherence to a prescribed home exercise program in people with a…
Infographic: Systematic review found beneficial effects for most types of physical exercise on the severity of motor signs and quality of life for people with Parkinson’s Disease
Last month we summarised the systematic review by Ernst et al. The review concluded there was high to moderate confidence that most types of physical exercise are beneficial for the…
PEDro’s World-Wide Journal Club on preoperative exercise training for people with non-small cell lung cancer is now available
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…
PEDro update (1 May 2023)
PEDro contains 58,822 records. In the 1 May 2023 update you will find: 44,837 Reports of randomised controlled trials (43,623 of these trials have confirmed ratings of methodological quality using…
Support for PEDro comes from the following global physiotherapy organisations
We thank Latvijas Fizioterapeitu Asociācija, Physiotherapy New Zealand and Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists who have just renewed their partnership with PEDro for another year.
Systematic review found beneficial effects for most types of physical exercise on the severity of motor signs and quality of life for people with Parkinson’s Disease
This Cochrane systematic review aimed to estimate the effects of different types of physical exercise compared to another type of exercise, control group or both on the severity of motor…
PEDro satellite centres contribute to developing the PEDro and DiTA databases. Meet PEDro Canada (Université de Sherbrooke).
Earlier this year the PEDro Steering committee announced the global expansion of the PEDro and DiTA databases and launched the PEDro satellite centres. The four satellite centres that are currently…
