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Next PEDro and DiTA updates are on 5 May 2025.
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Systematic review found that in office workers with chronic neck pain there is very low certainty evidence that exercise improves neck pain and disability compared to no intervention.
Systematic review found that in office workers with chronic neck pain there is very low certainty evidence that strengthening exercise improves neck pain and disability compared to no intervention. Neck pain is a common in people in ‘office workers’ working in offices or at home. A previous systematic review showed that exercise reduced pain but…
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Funding is vital to sustain PEDro – AXXON
Support for PEDro comes from the following global physiotherapy organisation. Thank you to our Association Partner AXXON Physical Therapy in Belgium who has 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 Jennifer Alison
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 Jennifer Alison (Respiratory Physiotherapy, Sydney School of Health Sciences; Professor Allied Health, Sydney Local Health District). *Please note this video is in English.
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DiTA update (7 April 2025)
DiTA contains 2510 records. In this update you will find: 2221 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 update (7 April 2025)
PEDro contains 64,836 records. In this update you will find: 48,743 reports of randomised controlled trials (47,631 of these trials have confirmed ratings of methodological quality using the PEDro scale) 15,272 reports of systematic reviews, and 821 reports of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. For latest guidelines, reviews and trials in physiotherapy visit Evidence in your…
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PEDro Statistics 2024
An analysis of the contents of PEDro in the 3 March 2025 update is presented on this page. These data will be updated annually, so the next update is planned for February 2026. On 3 March 2025 PEDro contained 64,510 reports of randomised controlled trials, systematic reviews and evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. There were 44,528…
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PEDroCast – PEDro Podcast
We’re pleased to share that PEDro now has a podcast – PEDroCast! In 2023, we ran the PEDro Tackles Barriers to Evidence-Based Physiotherapy campaign. One of the biggest barriers physiotherapists had was time. As part of this campaign, a lot of you said you would use your commuting time to catch up on the latest…
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Looking back at PEDro
With the World Physiotherapy Congress just around the corner, we took a look at our time at the WCPT 2019. In 2019, Dr Anne Moseley received the Mildred Elson Award for her significant contributions to PEDro. Dr Ianthe Boden won the PEDro Award for best randomised controlled trial: ‘Incidence of Complications after Emergency Abdominal surgery…
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Meet the PEDro Founders
Welcome to PEDroCast! The official podcast of the Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro). In this episode, Geraldine Wallbank (PEDro Manager) chats with the PEDro Founders, Dr Anne Moseley, Prof Cathie Sherrington, Prof Rob Herbert and Prof Chris Maher about the creation of PEDro in 1999.
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PEDro update (3 March 2025)
PEDro contains 63,510 records. In the 3 March 2025 update you will find: 48,528 reports of randomised controlled trials (47,428 of these trials have confirmed ratings of methodological quality using the PEDro scale) 15,161 reports of systematic reviews, and 820 reports of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. For latest guidelines, reviews and trials in physiotherapy visit…
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DiTA update (3 March 2025)
DiTA contains 2,505 records. In the 3 March 2025 update you will find: 2,218 reports of primary studies, and 287 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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Next PEDro and DiTA updates are on 7 April 2025.
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Systematic review found that prehabilitation reduced postoperative pulmonary and all cause complications in patients with sarcopenia or frailty undergoing elective upper abdominal surgery. Prehabilitation with exercise reduced hospital length of stay.
Over 4 in 10 adults over the age of 60 will undergo abdominal surgery at some point in their life, 30% of which will experience post operative complications. Prehabilitation aims to reduce recovery time and can also improve eligibility for patients who would otherwise not qualify for surgery. This systematic review investigated the effect of…
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Looking back at PEDro
Reflecting on 25 years of PEDro, we delved into the archives and found some images from our 15th anniversary celebration! You may recognise some of these faces from our 25th anniversary celebrations. PEDro has come a long way over the past decade. Not only has the database significantly expanded, but over this time we re-designed…
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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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Group-based vs individual pelvic floor muscle training for urinary incontinence in older women: 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 Dumoulin et al. (2020) found that group-based pelvic floor muscle training was non-inferior compared to individual pelvic floor muscle training for treating stress and mixed urinary incontinence in older women. Read more on…
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PEDro now contains 64,000+ reports of trials, reviews and guidelines!
We are pleased to announce that PEDro has just achieved a new milestone. There are now 64,000+ reports of trials, reviews and guidelines indexed on PEDro.
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Most trials of physiotherapy for low back pain are from high-income countries and quality is slightly better than in trials from lower income countries
Low back pain is a severe global health problem. Evaluating the effects of interventions using rigorously designed and conducted randomised controlled trials is essential to optimise care. However, it is unclear which countries are undertaking trials in low back pain and if a country’s income level is related to the quality of these trials. A…
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What’s it like to be a PEDro Rater – Lilian Ashraf
To celebrate #PEDroTurns25, we asked our PEDro Raters why they volunteer to rate articles on PEDro. Lilian Ashraf, Physical Therapist, Egypt How long have you been a Rater? About 2 years. What do you enjoy about rating? I enjoy digging deeper into the research beyond just reading the introduction and the discussion, it encourages…
