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PEDro rating over 25 years – Similarities and differences
PEDro is unique. Each clinical trial indexed on PEDro is assessed for methodological quality by at least two independent PEDro-trained Raters. This month, we highlight the invaluable contribution of Raters…
Are you recently graduated or embarking on a new physiotherapy practice?
PEDro has partnered with Cliniko! Cliniko provides practice software for busy clinics and allied health practitioners across more than 70 countries. The Cliniko platform can help you manage individual and…
Last chance to nominate a trial for PEDro’s Top 25 Trials!
To celebrate PEDro’s 25th anniversary we are looking to expand PEDro’s Top 20 Trials to the Top 25 Trials. Nominations close 11 August 2024. You can help us by nominating…
DiTA update (2 September 2024)
DiTA contains 2,489 records. In the 2 September 2024 update you will find: 2,206 reports of primary studies, and 283 reports of systematic reviews. For the latest primary studies and…
Systematic review found that preoperative respiratory muscle training reduces the risk of postoperative pulmonary complications and pneumonia and length of hospital stay following open cardiac surgery.
This systematic review aimed to estimate the effect of preoperative respiratory muscle training (RMT) compared to no intervention on the incidence of post-operative pulmonary complications (PPC), post-operative length of stay,…
Systematic review found physiotherapy management was effective for reducing pain in women with dyspareunia when compared to control or no intervention.
Some findings are included in this infographic. Fernandez-Perez P, Leiros-Rodriguez R, Marques-Sanchez MP,…
PEDro celebrates World PT Day!
September 8 marks #WorldPTDay. The theme for this year is #lowbackpain. Globally, low back pain is the single leading cause of disability. In 2020, it affected 619 million people, which…
Support for PEDro comes from the following global physiotherapy organisations.
We thank Physio Austria, our Bronze Partner who have just renewed their partnership with PEDro for another year. Thank you to our Association Partners Taiwan Physical Therapy Association, Hong Kong…
Next PEDro and DiTA updates (October 2024)
The next PEDro and DiTA updates are on 7 October 2024.
PEDro update (2 September 2024)
PEDro contains 62,314 records. In the 2 September 2024 update you will find: 47,448 reports of randomised controlled trials (46,439 of these trials have confirmed ratings of methodological quality using…
