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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…
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)…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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 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…
