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Hannah Withers wins PEDro prize for the best trial presented at World Physiotherapy Congress 2025 in Tokyo, Japan
Winner of the PEDro Prize, Hannah Withers (centre), is flanked by Mark Elkins (Co-director of PEDro) and Geraldine Wallbank (PEDro Project Officer). The PEDro prize is awarded to the person who presents the best report of a randomised controlled trial at the World Physiotherapy Congress. The award recognises the achievements of researchers who conduct high…
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Highlights from PEDro at World Physiotherapy Congress 2025
Thanks for Visiting PEDro at #WorldPhysio2025! 🌍 A heartfelt thank you to everyone who stopped by the PEDro stall at #WorldPhysio2025! It was a pleasure connecting with so many physiotherapists, educators, researchers, and students from around the world. We loved hearing about how PEDro supports evidence-based physiotherapy in your clinics, classrooms, and in your work.…
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Next PEDro and DiTA updates are on 7 July 2025.
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Cancer-related fatigue is the most common and severe symptom of cancer and cancer treatment
Cancer-related fatigue is the most common and severe symptom of cancer and cancer treatment. Prevalence ranges between 50 to 90% and is associated with decreased quality of life. This systematic review aimed to estimate the effects of cardiovascular training compared to no training on fatigue and quality of life in people with cancer. Articles were…
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PEDro’s World-Wide Journal Club on telerehabilitation consultations with a physiotherapist for chronic knee pain (PEAK) 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. This…
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Help PEDro Keep Delivering World-Class Physiotherapy Evidence!
For 25 years, PEDro has been the go-to resource for physiotherapists worldwide, offering free access to the latest research and evidence that improve patient outcomes. But with the growing volume of physiotherapy evidence, we need your support to continue providing this essential service. You can make a difference by donating just $5 – the price…
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World Continence Week 2025
16-22 June is World Continence Week – a global initiative that aims to raise awareness of bladder and bowel problems, chronic pelvic pain and other debilitating conditions that profoundly impact the lives of patients, families and carers. Sign up for Evidence in your inbox to receive the latest physiotherapy evidence on continence every month
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3 June 2025 is United Nations World Bicycle Day
Regular moderate-intensity physical activity has significant health benefits. On this day, the United Nations aims to draw attention to the benefits of cycling as a simple, affordable, clean and environmentally sustainable means of transport. We would like to share with you the PEDro World-Wide Journal Club on bicycle training for walking children with cerebral palsy,…
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Funding is vital to sustain PEDro
Support for PEDro comes from the following global physiotherapy organisation. Thank you to our Association Partners: Hong Kong Physiotherapy Association and Association Partner Physiotherapeuten-Verband Liechtenstein who have just renewed their partnership with PEDro for another year. Thank you for your financial support! You can also help keep PEDro running by making a donation
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PEDro talks with Prof Sallie Lamb
To celebrate 25 years of PEDro, we interviewed physiotherapists from around the globe to talk about their physiotherapy journey. In this video, we talk to Prof Sallie Lamb Professor and Pro-Vice Chancellor, University of Exeter Director, NIHR Exeter Biomedical Research Centre View the full interview here *Please note this video is in English.
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DiTA update (5 May 2025)
DiTA contains 2,511 records. In this update you will find: 2,222 reports of primary studies, and 289 reports of systematic reviews. For the latest primary studies and systematic reviews evaluating diagnostic tests in physiotherapy visit Evidence in your inbox.
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PEDro now contains 65,000+ reports of trials, reviews and guidelines
We are please to announce that PEDro has just achieved a new milestone. There are now 65,000+ reports of trials, reviews and guidelines indexed on PEDro.
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Next PEDro and DiTA updates are on 2 June 2025.
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PEDro talks with Prof Linda Denehy
To celebrate 25 years of PEDro, we interviewed physiotherapists from around the globe to talk about their physiotherapy journey. In this video, we talk to Prof Linda Denehy Professor of Physiotherapy, The University of Melbourne View the full interview here. *Please note this video is in English.
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Help PEDro Keep Delivering World-Class Physiotherapy Evidence!
For 25 years, PEDro has been the go-to resource for physiotherapists worldwide, offering free access to the latest research and evidence that improve patient outcomes. But with the growing volume of physiotherapy evidence, we need your support to continue providing this essential service. You can make a difference by donating just $5 – the price…
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PEDro update (5 May 2025)
PEDro contains 65,032 records. In this update you will find: 48,873 reports of randomised controlled trials (47,804 of these trials have confirmed ratings of methodological quality using the PEDro scale) 15,333 reports of systematic reviews, and 826 reports of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. For latest guidelines, reviews and trials in physiotherapy visit Evidence in your…
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Telerehabilitation vs centre-based in-person rehabilitation for chronic respiratory disease: PEDro Top 25 Trials spotlight
As part of PEDro’s 25th anniversary, we identified the Top 5 trials published between July 2019 to August 2024. A trial by Cox et al. (2024) found that chronic respiratory disease telerehabilitation may not be equal to in-person, but is safe and results in clinically meaningful improvements. Telerehabilitation may provide an effective alternative when centre-based…
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Tune in to PEDroCast – bringing the evidence to you
In case you missed it, last month we released 4 new episodes on PEDroCast. Meet the PEDro Founders PEDro World-Wide Journal Club on ballistic resistance training for people with traumatic brain injury – summary of paper PEDro World-Wide Journal Club on ballistic resistance training for people with traumatic brain injury – panel discussion Comparative effects…
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Network with PEDro at the 2025 World Physiotherapy Congress!
PEDro is involved in a number of events through the 2025 World Physiotherapy Congress. Make sure you bookmark them in the app so you don’t miss out on the opportunity to network and learn more about PEDro and evidence-based practice. 29 May 2025 Discussion session: The value of systematic reviews: are we producing research waste?…
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Ballistic resistance training for traumatic brain injury – trial summary
In this episode, we explore a randomised trial led by Prof Gavin Williams on ballistic resistance training for people with traumatic brain injury. Prof Williams provides a summary of the trial in this episode, which is part of our PEDro World-Wide Journal Club series. Williams G, et al. Ballistic resistance training has a similar or…
