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Systematic review found that exercise alone or combined with education probably reduces future low back pain intensity and disability in working aged adults
Low back pain is the leading cause of global disability and a common reason for absence from work, reduced productivity and seeking care. Prevention strategies are required to reduce the burden associated with this chronic, recurrent condition. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to estimate the effect of prevention strategies to reduce the impact of…
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Infographic for systematic review that found resisted and progressive exercise reduces pain and dysfunction, but non-resisted or non-progressive exercise does not, in people with rotator cuff related shoulder pain
Last month we summarised the systematic review by Naunton et al. The review concluded that resisted and progressive exercise reduces pain and dysfunction, but non-resisted or non-progressive exercise does not, in people with rotator cuff related shoulder pain. Some suggestions for providing resisted and progressive exercise for people with rotator cuff related shoulder pain are…
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Meet the people behind PEDrinho
Since 2015 PEDro has communicated to users via newsletters, blogs, Facebook and Twitter in both English and Portuguese. This September 2020 issue is our 61st newsletter! The Portuguese communication channels are called “PEDrinho”, or “little PEDro” (a term of endearment often used for soccer players). A succession of physiotherapists have made important contributions to producing…
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New PEDro website has been launched
We are excited to announce that the new PEDro website has been launched. The PEDro website is available in 13 languages (English, simplified Chinese, traditional Chinese, Portuguese, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Turkish, Tamil and Arabic). You can select your preferred language in the header. You can use the PEDro website to SEARCH for…
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PEDro World-Wide Journal Club on exercise for rotator cuff related shoulder pain 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 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…
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PEDro now contains 48,000+ reports of trials, reviews and guidelines
We are pleased to announce that PEDro has just achieved a new milestone for the amount of evidence. There are now 48,000+ reports of trials, reviews and guidelines indexed on PEDro. pedro.org.au
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DiTA update (7 September 2020)
DiTA contains 1,850 records. In the 7 September 2020 update you will find: 1,675 reports of primary studies, and 175 reports of systematic reviews. dita.org.au
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PEDro update (8 September 2020)
PEDro contains 48,252 records. In the 8 September 2020 update you will find: 37,454 reports of randomised controlled trials (36,636 of these trials have confirmed ratings of methodological quality using the PEDro scale) 10,113 reports of systematic reviews, and 685 reports of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. pedro.org.au
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PEDro honours the adaptability and resilience of physiotherapists during the COVID-19 pandemic for World Physiotherapy Day
2020 has been an exceptional year for the global physiotherapy community, who have risen to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, demonstrating both resilience and adaptability. The American Psychological Society defines resilience as “the process of adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats or significant sources of stress”. According to the Cambridge…
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DiTA update (September 2020)
DiTA was updated on 7 September 2020. For the latest primary studies and systematic reviews evaluating diagnostic tests in physiotherapy visit Evidence in your inbox.
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Next PEDro and DiTA updates (September 2020)
The next PEDro and DiTA updates are on Monday 7 September 2020.
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Support for PEDro comes from the Axxon and Singapore Physiotherapy Association
We thank Axxon and Singapore Physiotherapy Association who have just renewed their partnership with PEDro for another year.
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Review highlights the need to improve the quality and applicability of trials of physiotherapy interventions for low back pain
Low back pain is a global health problem. Most international clinical practice guidelines recommend that first-line care for low back pain should involve non-pharmacological interventions, including those delivered by a physiotherapist. A recent review aimed to assess the quality and applicability of randomised controlled trials of physiotherapy interventions for low back pain. The Physiotherapy Evidence…
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Systematic review found that resisted and progressive exercise reduces pain and dysfunction, but non-resisted or non-progressive exercise does not, in people with rotator cuff related shoulder pain
Shoulder pain is a common musculoskeletal complaint, of which rotator cuff related pain is the predominant diagnosis. Clinical guidelines recommend exercise for rotator cuff related pain but make no distinction about the type of exercise prescribed. This review aimed to estimate the average effect of resisted and progressive exercise and non-resisted or non-progressive exercise, both…
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Infographic for systematic review that antenatal pelvic floor muscle training can prevent urinary incontinence
Last month we summarised the systematic review by Woodley et al. The review concluded that antenatal pelvic floor muscle training can prevent urinary incontinence. Some suggestions for providing antenatal pelvic floor muscle training are in this infographic. Woodley SJ, et al. Pelvic floor muscle training for preventing and treating urinary and faecal incontinence in antenatal…
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Videos for PEDro Top 5 Trials 2014-2019 now available in Portuguese
To celebrate PEDro’s 20th birthday we identified the five most important randomised controlled trials in physiotherapy published in the years 2014-2019. We invited PEDro users to nominate randomised controlled trials in physiotherapy for consideration. Nominations were judged by a panel of international physiotherapy trialists. The PEDro Top 5 Trials 2014-2019 are ground-breaking trials that changed…
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PEDro now contains 10,000+ systematic reviews
We are pleased to announce that PEDro has just achieved a new milestone for the amount of evidence. There are now 10,000+ systematic reviews indexed in PEDro. pedro.org.au
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DiTA update (3 August 2020)
DiTA contains 1,830 records. In the 3 August 2020 update you will find: 1,655 reports of primary studies, and 175 reports of systematic reviews. dita.org.au
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PEDro update (3 August 2020)
PEDro contains 47,843 records. In the 3 August 2020 update you will find: 37,153 reports of randomised controlled trials (36,378 of these trials have confirmed ratings of methodological quality using the PEDro scale) 10,007 reports of systematic reviews, and 683 reports of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. pedro.org.au
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DiTA update (August 2020)
DiTA was updated on 3 August 2020. For the latest primary studies and systematic reviews evaluating diagnostic tests in physiotherapy visit Evidence in your inbox.
