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We thank Australian Physiotherapy Association, Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists, Koninklijk Nederlands Genootschap voor Fysiotherapie, Macau Physical Therapists Association, Lietuvos Kineziterapeutų Draugija, Latvijas Fizioterapeitu Asociācija, Axxon Physical Therapy in Belgium,…
The #PEDroTacklesBarriers to evidence-based physiotherapy campaign has been launched!
Welcome to the ‘#PEDroTacklesBarriers to evidence-based physiotherapy’ campaign. The campaign will help you to tackle the four biggest barriers to evidence-based physiotherapy. This campaign was inspired by a recent systematic…
DiTA update (2 May 2022)
DiTA contains 2,350 records. In the 2 May 2022 update you will find: 2,104 reports of primary studies, and 246 reports of systematic reviews. For the latest primary studies and…
PEDro update (2 May 2022)
PEDro contains 54,650 records. In the 2 May 2022 update you will find: 41,931 reports of randomised controlled trials (41,238 of these trials have confirmed ratings of methodological quality using…
Next PEDro and DiTA updates (May 2022)
The next PEDro and DiTA updates are on Monday 2 May 2022.
Choosing the best randomised controlled trials to inform practice
Selecting the best research to read is one aspect of evidence-based practice. Randomised controlled trials estimate the difference in outcomes between an intervention and a comparator for a sample of…
Systematic review found that neuromuscular electrical stimulation improves activities of daily living after stroke
Stroke is a leading cause of disability and is typically associated with loss of motor function and reduced ability to perform activities of daily living. Electrical stimulation is recommended in…
Infographic for systematic review that found that behavioural strategies combined with self-directed exercise programs increase adherence with physical activity in women who had breast cancer
Last month we summarised the systematic review by Pudkasam et al. The review concluded that behavioural strategies combined with self-directed exercise programs increase adherence with physical activity in women who…
DiTA’s most accessed articles in 2021
In 2021, the Diagnostic Test Accuracy database (DiTA) was searched over 25,000 times by users in 147 countries. Although DiTA contains more primary diagnostic test accuracy studies than systematic reviews…
PEDro’s most accessed articles in 2021
In 2021, PEDro answered more than 4.2 million questions. That means a new search was performed every 7 seconds, on average. Although PEDro contains more randomised controlled trials than systematic…
