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Support for PEDro comes from Axxon, Società Italiana di Fisioterapia, UNIFY ČR and Singapore Physiotherapy Association
We thank Axxon, Società Italiana di Fisioterapia, UNIFY ČR and Singapore Physiotherapy Association who have just renewed their partnership with PEDro for another year.
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Call for questions from physiotherapy students for “You Ask #PEDroAnswers” campaign
The “You Ask #PEDroAnswers” campaign aims to encourage physiotherapists and physiotherapy students to develop their searching skills and perform more database searching to find high-quality research to inform practice. The videos produced during this campaign help physiotherapists to improve their searching skills using the PEDro Advanced Search. This month we invite physiotherapy students to submit…
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“You Ask #PEDroAnswers” search tip #6 – Don’t use Boolean operators
Throughout 2021 we will be sharing some tips on how to use the PEDro Advanced Search. The sixth tip is “Don’t use Boolean operators”. Boolean operators connect your search terms together to either narrow or broaden your results. There are three basic Boolean operators: AND, OR, and NOT. Boolean operators are useful when you are…
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Sixth video of PEDro Advanced Search for the “You Ask #PEDroAnswers” campaign
Each month in 2021 we will share short videos illustrating how to use the PEDro Advanced Search to find the best research to answer clinical questions submitted by PEDro users. The sixth question to be answered is “Does cooling decrease delayed onset muscle soreness following intense exercise in athletes compared to rest?” The Search terms…
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Systematic review found that exercise-based prevention programs may reduce the risk of non-contact musculoskeletal injuries in football (soccer) players
Football (soccer) is a popular sport world-wide. Despite the health benefits of playing football, non-contact musculoskeletal injuries (eg, hamstring strain) are relatively common. Exercise-based programs have been developed to prevent injury, but previous evaluations have not differentiated between contact and non-contact injuries. This systematic review aimed to estimate the effects of exercise-based programs compared to…
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Infographic for systematic review that found that pain neurophysiology education may reduce pain and psychological distress in people with chronic musculoskeletal pain
Infographic for systematic review that found that pain neurophysiology education may reduce pain and psychological distress in people with chronic musculoskeletal pain Last month we summarised the systematic review by Bulow et al. The review concluded that pain neurophysiology education may reduce pain and psychological distress in people with chronic musculoskeletal pain. Some suggestions for…
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PEDro now contains 51,000+ reports of trials, reviews and guidelines
We are pleased to announce that PEDro has just achieved a new milestone. There are now 51,000+ reports of trials, reviews and guidelines indexed on PEDro. pedro.org.au
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DiTA update (5 July 2021)
DiTA contains 2,172 records. In the 5 July 2021 update you will find: 1,960 reports of primary studies, and 212 reports of systematic reviews. dita.org.au
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PEDro update (5 July 2021)
PEDro contains 51,358 records. In the 5 July 2021 update you will find: 39,671 reports of randomised controlled trials (38,771 of these trials have confirmed ratings of methodological quality using the PEDro scale) 10,994 reports of systematic reviews, and 693 reports of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. pedro.org.au
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DiTA update (July 2021)
DiTA was updated on 5 July 2021. For the latest primary studies and systematic reviews evaluating diagnostic tests in physiotherapy visit Evidence in your inbox.
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PEDro update (July 2021)
PEDro was updated on 5 July 2021. For latest guidelines, reviews and trials in physiotherapy visit Evidence in your inbox.
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Next PEDro and DiTA updates (July 2021)
The next PEDro and DiTA updates are on Monday 5 July 2021.
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Support for PEDro comes from the American Physical Therapy Association, Koninklijk Nederlands Genootschap voor Fysiotherapie, Physioswiss, Fysioterapeuterna, Associação Espanola de Fisioterapeutas, Latvijas Fizioterapeitu Asociācija, Suomen Fysioterapeutit, Združenje Fizioterapevtov Slovenije, Hong Kong Physiotherapy Association, Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Physiotherapiewissenschaft, Associação Portuguesa de Fisioterapeutas and Macau Physical Therapists Association
We thank the American Physical Therapy Association, Koninklijk Nederlands Genootschap voor Fysiotherapie, Physioswiss, Fysioterapeuterna, Associação Espanola de Fisioterapeutas, Latvijas Fizioterapeitu Asociācija, Suomen Fysioterapeutit, Združenje Fizioterapevtov Slovenije, Hong Kong Physiotherapy Association, Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Physiotherapiewissenschaft, Associação Portuguesa de Fisioterapeutas and Macau Physical Therapists Association who have just renewed their partnership with…
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Call for continence and women’s health questions for “You Ask #PEDroAnswers” campaign
21-27 June 2021 is World Continence Week. The week aims to raise awareness about the impact of incontinence related issues on daily life and encourages people to seek help to improve their health and quality of life. To mark World Continence Week we invite physiotherapists to submit a clinical question related to continence and women’s…
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“You Ask #PEDroAnswers” search tip #5 – Use phrase searching
Throughout 2021 we will be sharing some tips on how to use the PEDro Advanced Search. The fifth tip is “Use phrase searching”. Phrase searching is a strategy that combines two or more terms into a single term and is done by placing double quotation marks (” “) around the words. This is useful when…
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Fifth video of PEDro Advanced Search for the “You Ask #PEDroAnswers” campaign
Each month in 2021 we will share short videos illustrating how to use the PEDro Advanced Search to find the best research to answer clinical questions submitted by PEDro users. The fifth question to be answered is “In older people with urinary incontinence who live in residential aged care facilities, does pelvic floor muscle training…
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Participants required for a pilot study about PEDro searching
We are looking for 10 volunteers for a pilot study to work out how best to measure PEDro searching skills. The study is conducted at The University of Sydney. Participants need to: be a licensed physiotherapist working mainly in clinical practice have good English-language proficiency, and be willing to fill out an online survey (~5…
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Systematic review found that pain neurophysiology education may reduce pain and psychological distress in people with chronic musculoskeletal pain
Musculoskeletal pain is prevalent, disabling and associated with high socioeconomic costs. In the 2000’s there was a paradigm shift in using education to treat musculoskeletal pain. Traditional education strategies focused on anatomy, biomechanics and the biomedical model for pain (eg, back schools). The contemporary pain neurophysiology (or neuroscience) education model focused on increasing knowledge of…
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Vote for which infographic you prefer for the systematic review that found that providing group-based pelvic floor muscle training for all women during pregnancy is more efficient than individual training
Last month we summarised the systematic review by Brennen et al. The review concluded that providing group-based pelvic floor muscle training for all women during pregnancy is more efficient than individual training. The PEDro Education and Training Subcommittee have been thinking about the format of the infographics we have been producing to summarise the implications…
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DiTA update (7 June 2021)
DiTA contains 2,138 records. In the 7 June 2021 update you will find: 1,929 reports of primary studies, and 209 reports of systematic reviews. dita.org.au
