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🌟 A Huge Thank You to our 2024 Volunteer PEDro translators! 🌟
PEDro is available in 17 languages. In 2024, PEDro was supported by volunteer translators to make PEDro content accessible across language groups. These physiotherapists generously donated their time and expertise…
🌟 A Huge Thank You to Our 2024 Volunteer Raters! 🌟
In 2024, PEDro was supported by the dedication of an incredible team of volunteer PEDro raters from across 26+ countries and language groups. Our raters generously donated their time and…
PEDro’s World-Wide Journal Club on telerehabilitation consultations with a physiotherapist for chronic knee pain is now available
Journal clubs are a great way to translate research into practice. The idea is for physiotherapists to use resources provided by PEDro as the basis for running a local journal…
Telerehabilitation consultations with a physiotherapist for chronic knee pain are not inferior to traditional in-person care: 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 Hinman et al. (2024) found that telerehabilitation consultations…
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…
Celebrating 25 years of PEDro!
It was great to celebrate what PEDro has achieved since its launch in 1999, at the PEDro Asia West Pacific event. Join us for an online event in the American,…
DiTA update (2 December 2024)
DiTA contains 2,499 records. In the 2 December 2024 update you will find: 2,215 reports of primary studies, and 284 reports of systematic reviews. For the latest primary studies and…
PEDro update (2 December 2024)
PEDro contains 63,680 records. In the 2 December 2024 update you will find: 48,111 reports of randomised controlled trials (46,955 of these trials have confirmed ratings of methodological quality using…
Systematic review found that physiotherapy specific exercise approaches improved body posture, trunk deformity, and quality of life in adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis.
Idiopathic scoliosis is a S-shaped curvature of the spine, defined as having a Cobb angle of 10 degrees or more. Without treatment, progressive spinal deformities can limit cardiorespiratory function, coordination,…
