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Systematic review found that centre-based cardiac rehabilitation reduced all-cause mortality in people with coronary heart disease
The aim of this network meta-analysis was to evaluate the effectiveness of centre-based, home-based and telephone-based cardiac rehabilitation in people with coronary heart disease. This review included randomized controlled trials of adult patients (18 years and older) with coronary heart disease that compared exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation with other cardiac rehabilitation modalities or usual care. Exercise-based…
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The PREVENT trial: a trial of 202 adults with acute low back pain showed that adding intensive patient education to first-line care was no better at improving pain outcomes than a placebo
Acute low back pain is extremely common, most adults will experience at least one episode in their lifetime. Back pain is the leading cause of disability worldwide. Various psychosocial risk factors have been identified to help predict who may develop chronic back pain following an initial acute episode. These can include workplace and general stress…
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PEDro is no longer posting to Google+
UPDATE | Last year Google announced the shutdown of Google+ for consumers due to its low usage and the challenges they had in creating and maintaining a platform that met the needs of their consumers. As a result of this, our last post for PEDro on Google+ will be 22 January 2019. We’d like to…
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Who used PEDro in 2018?
An analysis of the contents of PEDro in the 8 January 2019 update is now available on the PEDro statistics page. The number of reports of trials has continued to expand at an exponential rate. During 2018 PEDro was used to answer 2,616,667 questions. This means that a new search was initiated every 12 seconds,…
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#MyPTArticleOfTheMonth – what is Lorimer Moseley reading?
Lorimer Moseley is a Pain Scientist with a background in physiotherapy who is the University of South Australia’s Inaugural Chair in Physiotherapy and Professor of Clinical Neurosciences. He chairs the PainAdelaide Stakeholders’ Consortium and leads the Body in Mind Research Group. Lorimer is passionate about the role of the brain and mind in persistent pain.…
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#MyPTArticleOfTheMonth resource – PEDro’s Evidence in your inbox
One way of keeping up-to-date with high quality clinical research relevant to your area of practice is to scan journals. However, with over 3,900 journals publishing physiotherapy research, traditional ways of keeping up-to-date can be costly (e.g., journal subscriptions) and time consuming (e.g., visiting libraries, scanning through journal tables of contents). These traditional methods also…
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PEDro update (8 January 2019)
PEDro contains 42,289 records. In the 8 January 2019 update you will find: 33,118 reports of randomised controlled trials (32,286 of these trials have confirmed ratings of methodological quality using the PEDro scale) 8,499 reports of systematic reviews, and 672 reports of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. pedro.org.au
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Systematic review found that telephone-based interventions for people with osteoarthritis or spinal pain are effective when compared to usual care
This systematic review assessed whether real-time telehealth interventions reduce pain intensity and disability in people with osteoarthritis of the knee and hip or spinal (back or neck) pain compared to usual care or face-to-face interventions. Types of telehealth interventions included interventions delivered remotely by any person (i.e., therapist, health professional or trained operator) by telephone…
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Trial found physiotherapy is as effective as arthroscopic menisectomy for knee pain with non-obstructive meniscal tears
Summary: Arthroscopic partial meniscectomy is among the most frequently performed procedures in orthopaedic surgery. This trial is consistent with current consensus that surgery should not be first line treatment in middle-aged and older people with meniscal tears. ESCAPE was a large (n=321) multi-site randomised controlled trial conducted in the Netherlands. Participants were aged 45 to…
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Anne Moseley talks about PEDro for PT Pintcast
Jimmy McKay from PT Pintcast recently interviewed Anne Moseley about PEDro. In the podcast, Jimmy and Anne discuss some of the features of PEDro that make it a useful tool for busy clinicians. They also preview some of the plans for PEDro in 2019, including the #MyPTArticleOfTheMonth challenge and celebrating PEDro’s 20th birthday. To commemorate…
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Take the #MyPTArticleOfTheMonth challenge in 2019
An essential element of evidence-based practice is reading articles reporting the results of high-quality clinical research. Unfortunately, only one-third of clinicians report reading journal articles – and those who do, read on an irregular basis. With over 42,000 articles reporting the effects of physiotherapy interventions now easily available online, it’s time for this to change.…
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PEDro indexes 42,000+ reports
We are pleased to announce that PEDro has just achieved a new milestone for the amount of evidence. There are now 42,000+ reports of trials, reviews and guidelines indexed on PEDro. pedro.org.au
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PEDro update (3 December 2018)
PEDro contains 42,137 records. In the 3 December 2018 update you will find: 33,006 reports of randomised controlled trials (32,104 of these trials have confirmed ratings of methodological quality using the PEDro scale) 8,464 reports of systematic reviews, and 667 reports of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. pedro.org.au
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Systematic review found that interventions involving repetitive practice improve strength after stroke
This systematic review evaluates the effects of interventions involving repetitive practice on strength and activity in people with stroke. Randomised controlled trials conducted in adult participants with a diagnosis of stroke (acute or chronic) compared to a sham or no intervention were included. The primary outcome of this review was strength. The secondary outcomes were…
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Find out more about PEDro in just 60 seconds in English, Spanish and Portuguese
PEDro is the world’s most complete index of randomised controlled trials, systematic reviews and evidence-based clinical practice guidelines evaluating physiotherapy interventions. You can find out more about PEDro in just 60 seconds in our new video, which is now available in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
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Some tips for getting older people and people with chronic health conditions more active
The World Health Organisation launched its Global Action Plan on Physical Activity in mid-2018. The Plan was developed in response to much of the world’s population becoming less active despite there being strong evidence that regular physical activity helps prevent and treat many health conditions. In some countries, inactivity levels can be as high as…
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PEDro update (5 November 2018)
PEDro contains 41,856 records. In the 5 November 2018 update you will find: 32,837 reports of randomised controlled trials (31,926 of these trials have confirmed ratings of methodological quality using the PEDro scale) 8,354 reports of systematic reviews, and 665 reports of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines pedro.org.au
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Systematic review found that cardiac rehabilitation increases physical activity in coronary heart disease and heart failure
This review aimed to determine the impact of cardiac rehabilitation on physical activity levels of people with coronary heart disease and heart failure. The review included 47 randomised controlled trials (n = 6480 participants; 5825 coronary heart disease, 655 heart failure) that compared cardiac rehabilitation to control interventions. Meta-analysis was undertaken where two or more…
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PEDro “how to” videos
PEDro’s collection of “how to” videos now have more than 81,000 views. Six videos are available in up to 12 different languages. The videos are available in PEDro’s YouTube Channel. A feature of PEDro which you may not be aware of is saving your search results. After selecting the articles which answer your clinical question,…
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Find out more about PEDro in just 60 seconds
PEDro is the world’s most complete index of randomised controlled trials, systematic reviews and evidence-based clinical practice guidelines evaluating physiotherapy interventions. You can find out more about PEDro in just 60 seconds in our new video.
